The 2,000 Stripling Warriors were the children of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s. The people of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s wanted to help the Nephites defend against the Lamanites, but they had all promised God that they would never lift a weapon to kill a person again. The Nephites did not want them to break their promise to God so they told them to not come into battle with them. The youth of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s never made that promise to God so they prepared for war and chose their leader Helaman to lead them into battle. The first mission that they had was to bring supplies to a group of Nephites. The Lamanites were behind them and the Nephite army was waiting to ambush the Lamanites following the Stripling Warriors. The attack started and the Stripling
