Jaredite kings


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. 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

  1. Orihah - son of Jared, righteous king
  2. Kib - son of Oriah, righteous king
  3. Corihor - son of Kib, unrighteous king, usurped kingship from Kib

    Divided kingdom

Kingdom of Noah/Cohor
  1. Noah - son of Corihor, unrighteous king
  2. Cohor - son of Noah, unrighteous king
  3. Nimrod - son of Cohor, restored the monarchy to Shule
Kingdom of Shule
  1. Shule - son of Kib, righteous king

    Reunited kingdom

  2. Shule - son of Kib, righteous
  3. Omer - son of Shule, righteous, fled with house from Akish
  4. Jared - son of Omer, unrighteous, usurped father then usurped by two brothers Esrom and Coriantumr
  5. Akish - friend of Omer, married the daughter of Jared, helped Jared regain the throne then usurped and killed Jared
  6. Omer - restored to the throne after the civil war of Akish had almost destroyed the entire kingdom
  7. Emer - son of Omer, righteous, saw Jesus Christ
  8. Coriantum - son of Emer, righteous
  9. Com - son of Coriantum, righteous
  10. Heth - son of Com, unrighteous, slew his father, great destruction in the kingdom, many move to area of Zarahemla
  11. Shez - descendant of Heth, righteous, rebuilt kingdom
  12. Riplakish - son of Shez, unrighteous, civil war overthrows Jaredite kingship
  13. Morianton - descendant of Riplakish, good king but morally weak, restores kingship among Jaredites
  14. Kim - son of Morianton, unrighteous
  15. Brother of Kim - usurped Kim, unrighteous
  16. Levi - son of Kim, usurped the kingdom, righteous
  17. Corom - son of Levi, righteous
  18. Kish - son of Corom, righteous
  19. Lib - son of Kish, righteous
  20. Hearthom - son of Lib, righteous

    Rule of usurper kings

  21. Usurper kings
  22. Amgid - unrighteous

    Kings in captivity under the usurpers

  23. Heth - son of Hearthom
  24. Aaron - son of Heth
  25. Amnigaddah - son of Aaron
  26. Coriantum - son of Amnigaddah

    Restoration of rightful lineage

  27. Com -son of Coriantum, righteous
  28. Shiblom - son of Com, righteous, fought with brother who slew the prophets, great destruction in the land
  29. Seth - son of Shiblom, unknown disposition, in captivity after his father was slain
  30. Ahah - son of Seth, unrighteous,
  31. Ethem - descendant of Ahah, unrighteous
  32. Moron - son of Ethem, unrighteous, usurped by a wicked man, then regained throne only to lose it again
  33. Descendant of the brother of Jared - usurper of unknown connection to Moron
  34. Coriantumr - unknown familial lineage, last king of the Jaredites

    Civil war under the reign of Coriantumr

  35. Shared - unknown familial lineage, unrighteous at war with Coriantumr, killed by Coriantumr
  36. Gilead - brother of Shared, unrighteous, battled Coriantumr and usurped the throne
  37. Gilead’s High Priest - unrighteous, murdered Gilead as he sat upon his throne
  38. Lib - unrighteous, member of one of the secret combinations, murdered Gilead’s high priest in a secret pass, usurped the throne, killed by Coriantumr
  39. Shiz - brother of Lib, unrighteous, waged total war on the people of Coriantumr leading to the end of Jaredite civilization