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DATES IN BOOK OF MORMON HISTORY
DATES IN BOOK OF MORMON HISTORY
********** HISTORY ON SMALL PLATES OF NEPHI ***********
600BC group leaves Jerusalem with Lehi 1 Nephi
tree of life vision 1 Nephi 8
Nephi's vision 1 Nephi 11-14
592 arrive at sea/build boat to cross ocean 1 Nephi 17
589 arrive in promised land 1 Nephi 18
Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon (last two tribes 2 Nephi 1
taken into captivity)
588 Nephi makes large plates/writes history to date 2 Nephi 1
570 Lehi dies
570 Nephi and his group must leave 2 Nephi 2
560 Nephi makes the small plates 2 Nephi 5
544 book of Jacob begins/(Nephi's brother) Jacob
530 Jacob becomes prophet Jacob 1
520 Nephi dies Jacob 1
421 Enos
399 Jarom, etc.
220 Mosiah leads people from Lehi/Nephi to Zarahemla Omni
130 Amaleki gives plates to King Benjamin Omni
*************** END OF SMALL PLATES OF NEPHI ************
Words of Mormon (explains transition from small to large plates)
*************** HISTORY ON LARGE PLATES OF NEPHI *******
130 King Benjamin (son of the first Mosiah) Mosiah
121 Mosiah (Benjamin's son) gets plates Mosiah 1
Ammon leaves to find group that went to Lehi/Nephi Mosiah 7
captured by Limhi--who tells Ammon his story Mosiah 7
******** STORY OF GROUP IN LAND OF LEHI/NEPHI *********
200BC Zeniff leads party to claim land Mosiah 9
makes treaty with Lamanites
160 Noah becomes king Mosiah 11
150 Abinadi warns people Mosiah 11
148 Alma flees/Abinadi killed Mosiah 17
Alma and group taken captive Mosiah 23
Amulon put over Alma Mosiah 23
(123BC) deep sleep/escape to Zarahemla Mosiah 24
145 Lamanites start war on Noah Mosiah 19
death of Noah Mosiah 19
Limhi becomes king Mosiah 19
122 Gideon leads people to Zarahemla Mosiah 22
******** GROUPS FINALLY REUNITED *********
120 Mosiah makes Alma prophet over all people Mosiah 26
110 rise of church in power and wealth Mosiah 26
100 sons of Mosiah and Alma Jr. visited by an angel Mosiah 27
92 4 sons and Alma start to teach people Mosiah 27
4 sons go on mission to Lamanites Alma 17
Mosiah translates 24 gold plates of Limhi (Ether) Mosiah 28
no more kings/judges instead/majority rule Mosiah 29
91 Alma Sr. and Mosiah die Mosiah 29
Alma Jr. becomes chief judge and prophet Mosiah 29
91 Nehor Alma 1
rise of Amlicites/want king/war Alma 2
survivors join Lamanites Alma 2
87 Alma kills Amilci Alma 2
growth of church Alma 4
84 church becomes wicked Alma 4
83 Alma quits job as chief judge/becomes fulltime prophet Alma 4
82 Alma's journies: land of Gideon Alma 6
land of Melek Alma 8
city of Ammonihah/thrown out Alma 8
returns/meets Amulek Alma 8
Zeezrom Alma 11
women and children burned Alma 14
Alma and Amulek in prison/delivered Alma 14
81 Lamanites destroy city of Ammonihah (Desolation of Nehors) Alma 16
81 Alma meets sons of Mosiah returning from their missions Alma 17
******** STORY OF 4 SONS OF MOSIAH **********
91 Ammon captured by Lamoni, the Lamanite king Alma 17
saves king's flocks Alma 17
90 king and queen converted
Ammon meets Lamoni's father Alma 19
Ammon frees his two brothers from prison Alma 21
90-80 thousands of Lamanites converted Alma 23
they will fight no more/become Anti-Nephi-Lehites Alma 23
massacred by other Lamanites Alma 24
81 this makes Lamanites more angry/massacre Ammonihah Alma 25
Anti-Nephi-Lehites seek safety in Zarahemla/Jershon Alma 27
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77 Nephite-Lamanite war Alma 28
76 Korihor, the anti-christ Alma 30
74 Alma and Amulek go to Zomamites--the Rameumptom Alma 31
74 Zoramites become Lamanites/Zarahemnah is their leader Alma 43
Moroni becomes (at 25) general over Nephite armies Alma 43
Zarahemnah scalp incident Alma 44
73 Alma's words to his sons: Helaman, Shiblon, and Corianton Alma 36-42
**** END OF RECORD OF ALMA/START RECORD OF HELAMAN ****
(Chapters 45-62 of Alma)
73 Helaman gets record from his father/America cursed Alma 45
Lord will allow no wicked people to stay in America/death of Alma
Amalickiah wants to be king/title of liberty
72 Amalickiah joins Lamanites and becomes their king by treachery
71-68 wars/Morianton/Teancum
67 kingmen and freemen/Pahoran
64 Helaman and his 2000 Alma 53
62 Moroni's letter to Pahoran/Nephite state totters
Zarahemla taken/recaptured by Moroni
55 migrations north with Hagoth/Helaman dies Alma 63
52 Helaman Jr. becomes prophet/wars again Hel 1
50 Gadianton robbers/Kishkumen
46 more migrations north/no trees/whole land covered by people
40-30 more wars/spirit of Lord withdraws Hel 5
30 Nephi and Lehi in prison/300 have vision
29 Lamanite missionaries to Nephites
24 Lamanites rid their lands of Gadianton robbers
23 Nephi prophesies murder of judge
20 Nephi calls famine/a few years of peace
6 Samuel the Lamanite/a curse on the land/slippery treasures
prophesies of Lord's birth and death Hel 14
0 believers to be killed/sign is given 3 Nep 1
1AD most people believe the sign/are converted
10-14 Gadianton robbers demand surrender of all Nephites 3 Nep 3
21 Nephite war on robbers
26 peace in land/church grows
30 church divided by classes/pride/members sin knowingly,openly
chief judge murdered/people divide into tribes
33 signs of Christ's death/whole earth changed
voice of Jesus from heaven
33-34 Christ appears to Nephites 3 Nep 11
disciples named/10 commandments/beatitudes
babies speak/3 Nephites
36 all are converted, both Nephites and Lamanites 4 Nephi
all goods in common
110 Nephi dies/Amos becomes prophet
200 people cover whole land/pride begins/goods no more in common
231 division among people/Nephites and Lamanites again
300 Nephites become wicked too/Gadianton robbers everywhere
320 Ammaron (brother of Amos) hides plates in hill
tells Mormon (age 10) to get plates when he is 24 Mormon
26 Mormon visited by Lord/land cursed/sorceries in land
331-45 Mormon leads Nephite armies/Lord not with the armies
350 treaty/Nephites take north land/Lamanites, south
361 Mormon refuses to lead army any more/people too wicked Mormon 4
370 human sacrifice
384 final gathering of Nephite race at Cumorah
over 1,000,000 die
401 Moroni is left alone/a wanderer Mormon 8
********** BOOK OF ETHER **********
This book is added to the end of the book because it's out of sequence chronologically. It starts at 2200BC with the Tower of Babel and the Dispersion. These people come to America, populate the continent for 1600 years, and are finally destroyed in a civil war of total destruction. The last man alive, Coriantumr, lives long enough to wander into the Mulekite camp shortly after their arrival(550-580??). He stays nine months and writes a bit of his history (Omni 21-22) before dying.
********** BOOK OF MORONI **********
Moroni's last comments (he thought he'd be killed by this time but isn't) where he leaves us the sacramental prayers, etc.
401-421 Moroni's parting remarks Moroni
421 end of book (in world history, Rome is also falling at this time)