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Book of Mormon Time Line 600 B.C BOOK OF MORMON TIME LINE 600 B.C. 500 B.C. 400 B.C. 300 B.C. 200 B.C. B.C. 175 150 B.C. B.C. 125 1 JAREDITES 4 MULEKITES 1 2 MULEK ETHER MOSIAH BENJAMIN MOSIAH 1 JAREDITES 2 NEPHITES 5 This group left the Tower of Babel and arrived in the Americas about 2200 b.c. They flourished until about 600 b.c., when wars JACOB JAROM OMNI NEPHI destroyed everyone ENOS but Coriantumr. (See Ether 1–15.) LEHI 3 LAMANITES 1 ABINADI ZENIFF AL NOAH LIMHI 7 MA 6 LEMUEL LAMAN 2 NEPHITES 3 LAMANITES 4 MULEKITES 5 MOSIAH1 6 ZENIFF Lehi’s group left Jerusalem After Lehi’s death, Mulek, a son of King By about 225 b.c. the In about 200 b.c. Zeniff, about 600 b.c. and came the wicked remained Zedekiah, led a group Nephites had become a Nephite, took a group to the Americas. Gradually with his son Laman from Jerusalem in about wicked, so Mosiah1 led south to reclaim the his posterity became and became known 587 b.c. and came to the a group of righteous Nephite lands. Once divided. After Lehi died, as Lamanites. (See Americas. They found Nephites to Zarahemla Zeniff and his group the righteous followed 2 Nephi 5.) Coriantumr. (See Omni and merged with the arrived, the Lamanites his son Nephi northward. 1:14–21.) Mulekites. They called put them in bondage. They became known as themselves Nephites. Later, King Mosiah2 Nephites. (See 1 Nephi Mosiah1 became their sent Ammon to find the 1–22; 2 Nephi 1–5.) righteous king. King group, and Ammon Benjamin was his son. converted King Limhi. (See Omni 1:12–23.) (See Mosiah 7; 9–22.) 20 Liahona BOOK OF MORMON TIME LINE 0 A.D. 100 A.D. 200 A.D. 300 A.D. 400 A.D. 75 B.C. 50 B.C. 25 B.C. 33 A.D. 125 B.C. 125 B.C. 100 MORONI MORMON 3 2 2 ALMA CAPTAIN MORONI CAPTAIN HELAMAN NEPHI, THE DISCIPLE NEPHI, SON OF NEPHI, HELAMAN MOSIAH 8 9 GADIANTON 9 GADIANTON ROBBERS ROBBERS 10 JESUS CHRIST 11 NEPHITES DESTROYED TO THE THE TO LIMHI SAMUEL THESAMUEL LAMANITE MISSION MISSION LAMANITES THERE BEGAN TO JESUS IS BORN BE NEPHITES AND AND NEPHITES BE AGAIN LAMANITES IN BETHLEHEM 7 ALMA1 8 ALMA2 AND THE 9 GADIANTON 10 JESUS CHRIST 11 NEPHITES Born among the people SONS OF MOSIAH2 ROBBERS Following His Resurrection DESTROYED of Zeniff, Alma1 became As young men, Alma2 and The influence of this in Jerusalem, the Savior Gradually wickedness one of wicked King the sons of King Mosiah2 murderous secret band appeared in the Americas, returned, wars raged, Noah’s priests. The worked to destroy the was strongest when ministered to the people, and the Nephites were prophet Abinadi was Church. An angel rebuked the society was wicked taught His gospel, and destroyed. The only killed after he called King them, and they repented. and weakest when the organized His Church. survivor, Moroni, kept Noah to repentance. Alma2 became a righteous society was righteous. For 200 years following the Nephite records and But Alma1 believed leader. (See Mosiah By about a.d. 350 they His visit, the people lived then buried them before Abinadi’s teachings 27–29.) The sons of threatened the safety of in peace. (See 3 Nephi he died. (See 4 Nephi and fled with a group Mosiah2 became mission- all people. (See Helaman 11–28.) 1:24–28; Mormon of believers, eventually aries to the Lamanites. 2; 6; 4 Nephi 1:42–46.) 8:1–8; Moroni 10.) joining the Nephites. After much success, they (See Mosiah 11; 17–18; and Alma2 reunited. (See 23–24.) Alma 17–26.) ILLUSTRATIONS BY TAIA MORLEY BY TAIA ILLUSTRATIONS October 2011 21.
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