Jaredite kings are a series of monarchs described in the

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, comprising chapters 6:22-15 of the

Book of Ether The Book of Ether () is one of the books of the Book of Mormon. It describes the Jaredites, descendants of Jared and his companions, who were led by God to the Americas shortly after the confusion of tongues and the destruction of the Tower of ...

. As death was approaching

Jared Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation. Origin In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (יֶרֶד) was the sixth in the ten pre-flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Enoch ...

and his

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, gathered together the

Jaredite The Jaredites () are one of four peoples (along with the Nephites, Lamanites, and Mulekites) that the Latter-day Saints believe settled in ancient America. The Book of Mormon (mainly its Book of Ether) describes the Jaredites as the descendant ...

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. 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 Omer may refer to: __NOTOC__ * Omer (unit), an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem * The Counting of the Omer (''sefirat ha'omer''), a 49 day period in the Jewish calendar * Omer (Book of Mormon), a Jaredite ...

- 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 According to the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon, Akish () was a prominent figure among the Jaredites. In the book's narrative, Akish first established secret combinations, nearly destroying their civilization. Omer was the legitimate king a ...

- friend of Omer, married the daughter of Jared, helped Jared regain the throne then usurped and killed Jared #

- 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 - son of Emer, righteous # Com - son of Coriantum, righteous #

Heth Heth, sometimes written Chet, but more accurately Ḥet, is the eighth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Ḥēt 𐤇 , Hebrew Ḥēth , Aramaic Ḥēth , Syriac Ḥēṯ ܚ, Arabic Ḥā' , and Maltese Ħ, ħ. Heth origina ...

- son of Com, unrighteous, slew his father, great destruction in the kingdom, many move to area of Zarahemla # Shez - descendant of Heth, righteous, rebuilt kingdom # Riplakish - 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 # Morianton - 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 Kish may refer to: Geography * Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, a village also called Kish * Kiş, Shaki, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality also spelled Kish * Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf * Kish, Iran ...

- son of Corom, righteous #

Lib lib or Lib may refer to: Computing * Library (computing) ** .lib, a static library on Microsoft platforms ** , a directory on Unix-like systems * Lib-80, a Microsoft Library Manager tool; see Microsoft MACRO-80 People * Lib, one of two Jaredit ...

- son of Kish, righteous # Hearthom - 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 #

Seth Seth,; el, Σήθ ''Sḗth''; ; "placed", "appointed") in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mandaeism, and Sethianism, was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, their only other child mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible. ...

- 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 #

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- 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 In organic chemistry, ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups. They have the general formula , where R and R′ represent the alkyl or aryl groups. Ethers can again b ...

- 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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