Misplaced Pages

Moronihah

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Book of Mormon military leader
This article uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them. Please help improve this article. (October 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's general notability guideline. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.
Find sources: "Moronihah" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Part of a series on
People in the Book of Mormon
Lehi (far right, bearded) bestowing a blessing on his family. At least 21 different figures are visible (inclusive of infants and children). There is a mix of men, women, and children. A man in blue appears to be writing, perhaps transcribing what Lehi is saying. One infant is nursing. Several men have beards. All but the children wear hats or scarf-like head coverings. The fashion and style is reminiscent of nineteenth-century Christian art of Old Testament scenes. There is a vibrancy of color, with clothing in blues, greens, whites, and reds. The family gather in something like a circle, on a green, grassy field. There are tents visible in the background. This is cropped from a full version of the scene.Lehi Blessing His Posterity, C. C. A. Christensen (1890)
Prophets and priests
Rulers
Judges
Military leaders
Other leaders
Others

According to the Book of Mormon, Moronihah (/ˌmoʊroʊˈnaɪhɑː/; 1st century BC) was the son of Captain Moroni who had defeated the armies of Zerahemnah, stopped the king-men, and restored the Nephites' cities to their possession. When Moroni got too old to lead an army any longer, Moronihah received command of his father's armies.

In the 39th year of the reign of the judges, or 53 BC, Moronihah had successfully defended the Nephites against dissenters; it was his first recorded victory over the enemies of the Nephites. When the Nephite dissenter Coriantumr invaded a couple years later, however, Moronihah was taken by surprise as Coriantumr attacked the center of the land, Zarahmela, rather than the fortified borders. He then sent Lehi with an army to cut off the dissenters and the Lamanites, and Coriantumr was killed in the battle, along with many others. Moronihah himself retook possession of Zarahemla, and set at liberty the Lamanite prisoners the Nephites had captured there.

Over the next decade, more Nephites dissented to the Lamanites and went to battle against the Nephites. Because of their wickedness, the Nephites were unable to obtain all their cities back, although, with Moronihah's help, they were able to obtain half of them. This he did by preaching repentance to the Nephites with Nephi and his brother Lehi, and then leading the repentant Nephites to regain their cities and possessions. Moronihah could not get back more than half of the Nephites possessions, and thus gave up, turning instead to his plans of keeping the lands they were now in possession of.

See also

References

  1. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «mō-rō-nī´hä»
  2. Alma 62:43
  3. Alma 63:15
  4. Helaman 1:25-33
  5. Helaman 4:6-20

External links

Preceded byCaptain Moroni Nephite military leader
From the 31st-35th years of the reign of the judges (60-57 BC), to between the 62nd and 108th years (30 BC and AD 16) 		Succeeded byunknown, if any; eventually Gidgiddoni
Stub icon

This article related to the Latter Day Saint movement is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: