Jaredite kings are a series of monarchs described in the Book of Mormon, comprising chapters 6:22-15 of the Book of Ether. As death was approaching Jared and his brother, gathered together the Jaredite people to ask them what they desired of them before they died. The people then requested that they anoint one of their sons as king. This was grievous to them, and the brother of Jared remarked that "surely this thing leadeth into captivity." Despite his brother's misgivings, Jared pressed him to allow the establishment of a Jaredite kingship at which suggestion the brother of Jared yielded. The people chose Pagag, the firstborn of the

brother of Jared In the Book of Mormon, the brother of Jared is the most prominent person in the account given in the beginning (Chapters 1–6) of the Book of Ether. The brother of Jared's name is not given in the text of the Book of Mormon but Joseph Smith state ...

. He refused. The people then wished to force him to be king but the brother of Jared would not allow that. They suggested his sons, Jacom, Gilgah, and Mahah, but they refused to be king. Then, Orihah, the fourth son, agreed to be king. Thus began the institution of monarchy among the Jaredites sometime after the Tower of Babel and the arrival of the Jaredites in the Americas.

Early kings

# Orihah - son of Jared, righteous king # Kib - son of Orihah, righteous king # Corihor - son of Kib, unrighteous king, usurped kingship from Kib # Shule - son of Kib, overthrew kingship from Corihor and restored it to Kib, and then Kib bestowed kingdom on Shule

Divided kingdom

Kingdom of Noah/Cohor # Noah - son of Corihor, unrighteous king, battled Shule and obtained part of the kingdom including the land of first inheritance and Moron, slain by the sons of Shule # Cohor - son of Noah, unrighteous king, slain by Shule # Nimrod - son of Cohor, restored the monarchy to Shule Kingdom of Shule # Shule - son of Kib, righteous king

Reunited kingdom

# Shule - son of Kib, righteous # Omer - son of Shule, righteous, fled with house from Akish Olmec King

# Jared - son of Omer, unrighteous, usurped father then usurped by two brothers Esrom and Coriantumr # Akish - friend of Omer, married the daughter of Jared, helped Jared regain the throne then usurped and killed Jared # Omer - restored to the throne after the civil war of Akish had almost destroyed the entire kingdom #

Emer Emer (), in modern Irish Eimhear or Éimhear (with variations including Eimer, Eimear and Éimear) and in Scottish Gaelic Eimhir, is the name of the daughter of Forgall Monach and the wife of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Ir ...

- son of Omer, righteous, saw Jesus Christ #

Coriantum This list is intended as a quick reference for individuals mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Notation Names with superscripts (e.g., Nephi1) are numbered according to the index in the LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon. Missing indices indicat ...

- son of Emer, righteous #

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- son of Coriantum, righteous # Heth - son of Com, unrighteous, slew his father, great destruction in the kingdom, many move to area of Zarahemla #

Shez Shez (Shaz, he, שז) (born Efrat Yerushalmi on 30 October 1959)

- descendant of Heth, righteous, rebuilt kingdom #

Riplakish This list is intended as a quick reference for individuals mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Notation Names with superscripts (e.g., Nephi1) are numbered according to the index in the LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon. Missing indices indicat ...

- son of Shez, unrighteous, civil war overthrows Jaredite kingship. There was then a break in continuity of the kingdom because Riplakish was deposed and the government deferred to "the people" which after some generations a king and the kingdom was reestablished by Morianton #

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- descendant of Riplakish, good king but morally weak, restores kingship among Jaredites #

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- son of Morianton, unrighteous # Brother of Kim - usurped Kim, unrighteous # Levi - son of Kim, usurped the kingdom, righteous # Corom - son of Levi, righteous # Kish - son of Corom, righteous #

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- son of Kish, righteous #

Hearthom According to the Book of Mormon, the Jaredites () are a people who lived in ancient America shortly after the confounding of the languages at the Tower of Babel and are written of principally in the Book of Ether (). The Lineage of the Ether is wri ...

- son of Lib, righteous

Rule of usurper kings

# Usurper kings (unknown number) # Amgid - unrighteous

Kings in captivity under the usurpers

# Heth - son of Hearthom # Aaron - son of Heth # Amnigaddah - son of Aaron # Coriantum - son of Amnigaddah

Restoration of rightful lineage

# Com -son of Coriantum, righteous # Shiblom - son of Com, righteous, fought with brother who slew the prophets, great destruction in the land #

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- son of Shiblom, unknown disposition, in captivity after his father was slain # Ahah - son of Seth, unrighteous, # Ethem - descendant of Ahah, unrighteous # Moron - son of Ethem, unrighteous, usurped by a wicked "mighty man," then regained throne only to lose it again

Final usurpers of rightful lineage

# Descendant of the brother of Jared - usurper who was a "mighty man" of unknown connection to Moron # Coriantumr - unknown familial lineage, last king of the Jaredites

Continuation of rightful lineage in captivity or outcast

# Moron lost kingdom and placed in captivity # Corianton - son of Moron, lived entire life in captivity # Ether - son of Corianton, final prophet, lived apart from the population

Civil war under the reign of Coriantumr

# Shared - unknown familial lineage, unrighteous at war with Coriantumr, killed by Coriantumr # Gilead - brother of Shared, unrighteous, battled Coriantumr and usurped the throne # Gilead’s High Priest - unrighteous, murdered Gilead as he sat upon his throne #

- unrighteous, member of one of the secret combinations, murdered Gilead’s high priest in a secret pass, usurped the throne, killed by Coriantumr # Shiz - brother of Lib, unrighteous, waged total war on the people of Coriantumr leading to the end of Jaredite civilization, killed by Coriantumr Ether 14:16-15; 15:30

References

External links

Ether 7-15

Jaredite kings lineage chart
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