A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Sherrizah

by George Reynolds

SHERRIZAH. A fortified city mentioned by Mormon in his second epistle to his son Moroni. It was the scene of horrible brutalities during the great war between the Nephites under Mormon, and the Lamanites commanded by king Aaron. When the Lamanites captured the tower of Sherrizah they fed their female prisoners on the flesh of their husbands and fathers, and tortured them by withholding sufficient water to quench their thirst. The contending forces also carried away all the provisions, leaving the aged and the children to starve. Mormon says, "the sufferings of our women and our children upon all the face of this land, doth exceed anything; yea, tongue cannot tell, neither can it be written."