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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, they gathered together the 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.
Contents
- Early kings
- Divided kingdom
- Reunited kingdom
- Rule of usurper kings
- Kings in captivity under the usurpers
- Restoration of rightful lineage
- Civil war under the reign of Coriantumr
- References
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 Oriah, righteous king
- Corihor - son of Kib, unrighteous king, usurped kingship from Kib
Divided kingdom
Kingdom of Noah/Cohor
- Noah - son of Corihor, unrighteous king
- Cohor - son of Noah, unrighteous king
- 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
- 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 - son of Omer, righteous, saw Jesus Christ
- Coriantum - son of Emer, righteous
- Com - son of Coriantum, righteous
- Heth - 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
- Morianton - descendant of Riplakish, good king but morally weak, restores kingship among Jaredites
- Kim - 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
- Lib - 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 - 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 man, then regained throne only to lose it again
- Descendant of the brother of Jared - usurper of unknown connection to Moron
- Coriantumr - unknown familial lineage, last king of the Jaredites
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
- Lib - high priest to Gilead, unrighteous, murdered Gilead and 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