A Proposed Chronology from Nephi to Mosiah
YEAR EVENT
021 Nephi flees to “Nephi” with followers
021 Nephi made king (2 Nephi 5:18) (at age 37)
031 30 years had passed away (2 Nephi 5:28)
036 Nephi begins small plates (2 Nephi 5:30)
041 40 years had passed away (2 Nephi 5:34)
056 55 years had passed away (Jacob 1:1)
056 Nephi (age 72, estimated) gives the small plates to Jacob (age 52, est.) (Jacob 1:1)
056 Nephi anoints another king (Nephi II) (Jacob 1:9-11)
059 Nephi dies (Jacob 1:12) (age 80, est.)
081 Enos is born when Jacob is age 77 (est.)
094 Nephi II anoints Nephi III
101 Jacob (age 97, est.) gives the small plates to Enos (age 20, est.) (Jacob 7:26-27)
132 Nephi III anoints Nephi IV
160 Jarom is born when Enos is age 79 (est.)
170 Nephi IV anoints Nephi IV
180 179 years had passed away
180 Enos (age 99, est.) gives small plates to Jarom (age 20, est.) (Jarom 1:1)
201 200 years had passed away (Jarom 1:5)
208 Nephi V anoints Nephi VI
215 Omni is born when Jarom is age 55 (est.)
239 238 years had passed away (Jarom 1:13)
239 Jarom (age 79, est.) gives small plates to Omni (age 24, est.) (Jarom 1:13,15)
246 Nephi VI (age 68, est.) anoints Nephi VII (age 30, est.)
259 Amaron is born when Omni is age 44 (est.)
277 276 years had passed away (Omni 1:3)
279 Chemish (Amaron’s brother)is born when Omni is age 64 (est.)
283 in fine, 282 years had passed away (Omni 1:3)
283 Omni (age 68, est.) gives small plates to Amaron (age 24, est.) (Omni 1:3)
284 Nephi VII anoints Nephi VIII
321 320 years had passed away (Omni 1:5)
321 Amaron (age 62, est.) gives small plates to his brother Chemish (age 47, est.)
322 Nephi VIII anoints Nephi IX
344 Abinadom is born when Chemish is age 70
360 Nephi IX anoints Nephi X
364 Chemish (age 90, est.) gives the small plates to Abinadom (age 20, est.)
368 Mosiah1 is born
398 Nephi X anoints Nephi XI (Mosiah1 corresponds to Nephi XI)
398 Mosiah I leads people from Nephi to Zarahemla (Omni 1:12)-takes Liahona, large plates, brass plates,
sword of Laban (2 Ne 5:12,14) (Omni 1:11,25)
Abinadom flees with Mosiah1 and takes the small plates
398 Mosiah1 discovers people descended from the Jews (Mulekites) (Omni 1:15)
Peoples unite and Mosiah is appointed their king also (Omni 1:19)
398 Mosiah1 begins his reign in Zarahemla (Omni 1:19)
Mosiah1 interprets stone (Omni 1:20)
406 Amaleki is born when Abinadom is age 62 (est.)
406 Zeniff is part of a spy mission from Zarahemla to Nephi (Mosiah 9:1)
407 Zeniff leads a group from Zarahemla to Nephi (Mosiah 9:3)
Amaleki’s brother goes with them (Omni 1:27)
407 Zeniff covenants with Lamanite king to let him possess Lehi-Nephi and Shilom (Mosiah 9:6)
428 Alma1 is born
(Meanwhile back in Zarahemla)
408 Benjamin is born when Mosiah1 is 40 years old (est.)
426 Abinadom (age 82, est.) gives the plates to Amaleki (age 20, est.)
(Meanwhile back in Nephi)
419 in the thirteenth year of my reign (Mos 9:14)
419 Zeniff’s group has 13th year war (Mos 9:14)
429 we did inherit the land of our fathers for many years, yea, for the space of twenty and two years (Mos 10:3)
(Meanwhile back in Zarahemla)
438 Mosiah1 dies (age 70, est.) (Omni 1:23)
438 Benjamin begins his reign at age 30 (est.) (Omni 1:23)
448 Mosiah2 is born when Benjamin is 40 years old (est.)
(Meanwhile back in Nephi)
441 we did have continual peace in the land for the space of twenty and two years (Mos 10:5)
442 Zeniff confers kingdom on Noah (Mos 11:1)
Noah reigns in wickedness (9-10 years)
Alma is appointed a Priest of Noah
458 Abinadi comes among people of Noah & is rejected (Mos 12-17)
460 Abinadi returns and is tried
460 Alma escapes, hides many days, writes words of Abinadi (Mos 17:3-4) (age 34)
460 Abinadi is slain by fire (Mos 17:13)
Alma spends many days at Waters of Mormon (Mos 18)
462 King Noah sends his army to find Alma (Mos 18:33)
Alma flees 8 days with 450 to Helam (Mos 18:34, 23:3,19)
King Noah’s army returns and Gideon leads a revolt
462 The Lamanites invade, Noah flees (Mos 19:6)
Limhi stays with women & children & makes peace (Mos 19:16)
Limhi and Gideon send men to search for Noah’s group (Mos 19:17-18)
They find the remnants of Noah’s group (Mos 19:18)
They are told that Noah has been killed (Mos 19:20)
They are told that Noah’s Priests have fled (Mos 19:21)
They return to Limhi’s group (Mos 19:24)
462 Limhi begins to reign, puts his people under tribute to the Lamanites (Mos 19:26)
Limhi did have continual peace for two years (Mos 19:29)
464 The priests of Noah carry off the daughters of the Lamanites (Mos 20:5)
The Lamanites go to war because their daughters were taken (Mos 20:6)
Limhi’s people defend themselves, capture Lamanite king, exonerate themselves (Mos 20:8-26)
(Meanwhile back in Zarahemla)
There was a serious war in the days of Benjamin, Lamanites driven out of land (Omni 1:24)
Lamanites came down against the Nephites in Zarahemla, were driven out of the land (W of M 1:13-14)
False prophets had come among the Nephites (W of M 1:15-16)
Many dissensions away unto the Lamanites (W of M 1:16)
Holy prophets had helped king Benjamin establish peace (W of M 1:17-18)
Amaleki plans to give his records to Benjamin (Omni 1:25)
Amaleki refers to Zeniff’s group leaving to find Nephi (Omni 1:27)
Amaleki delivers his record to King Benjamin (W of M 1:10)
King Benjamin puts this record with the large plates (W of M 1:10)
Amaleki dies
(At Nephi)
After many days the Lamanites begin to oppress Limhi’s people (Mos 21:2-3)
Limhi’s people attempt to free themselves three times by battle and fail (Mos 21:7-12)
Limhi’s people “prosper by degrees” (Mos 21:16)
Limhi’s people guard against Priests of Noah, which had been stealing from them at night (Mos 21:20-21)
(At Zarahemla)
477 King Benjamin’s Tower Speech (Mos 6:4)
477 The first year of Mosiah2‘s reign (age 30) (Mos 6:4)
477 about 476 years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem (Mos 6:4)
480 Benjamin dies (Mos 6:5)
480 Mosiah2 sends Ammon1 with 15 men to find Land of Nephi, their journey takes 40 days (Mos 7:1-5)
(Back at Nephi)
480 Ammon1 discovered by the gates of Lehi-Nephi (Mos 21:23)
Ammon1 meets Limhi (Mos 7:7)
Ammon1 learns of failed 43 man expedition to find Zarahemla (Mos 21:25-26) (Mos 8:7)
He learns that they were lost for many days and discovered a land of bones and water (Mos 8:8)
Supposing it to be the Land of Zarahemla they returned not many days before Ammon came (Mos 21:26)
He learns that they found 24 gold plates (Mos 8:9)
Ammon1 and Limhi plan to deliver people from bondage (Mos 22:1)
480 Limhi’s people escape and after many days arrive in Zarahemla (Mos 22:11)
Lamanites pursue Limhi and get lost (Mos 22:15)
(At Helam)
Lamanites find Alma1 and put his people in bondage (Mosiah 23:25)
Alma1 learns that Lamanites were originally looking for Limhi, became lost for many days (Mos 23:30)
He learns that Lamanites had previously found Priests of Noah (Mos 23:31)
He learns that the Priests had joined the Lamanites (Mos 23:35)
Alma1 shows Lamanites the way back to Nephi (Mos 23: 36-37)
Lamanites leave guards, go back to Nephi & return with families (Mos 23:37-38)
Amulon & his brethren appointed teachers over land of Shemlon, land of Shilom, and land of Amulon (Mos 24:2)
Lamanites had taken possession of all these lands (Mosiah 24:2)
Lamanites taught language, writing (trade) by Amulon (Mos 24:3-7)
Amulon uses power to persecute Alma1 (Mos 24: 8)
481 Alma’s people escape (1 day) to the Valley of Alma (Mos 24:20)
Alma’s people continue flight (12 days) to Zarahemla (Mos 24:25)
481 (Ammon, Limhi, and Alma1 are now at Zarahemla)
Mosiah2 reads Zeniff’s record to the people (Mos 25:5)
Mosiah2 reads Alma’s record to the people (Mos 25:6)
All people numbered with Nephites (Mos 25:13)
483 7 Churches established by Alma1 (Mos 25:19,23)
492 Rising Generation dissent
How to Judge Unbelievers (Forgiveness) (Mos 26:5-32)
494 Church persecuted by unbelievers (Mos 27:1)
495 Mosiah2 commands “Equality Among Men”–>(Peace) (Mos 27:2-7)
504 Persecution returns, Conversion of Alma2, Sons of Mosiah2 (Mos 27:8-31)
Alma2, Ammon2, Aaron, Omner, Himni publish peace (Mos 27:34-37)
506 Alma2, Sons of Mosiah2, petition to go to Land of Nephi (Mos 28:1)
507 Mosiah2 translates the 24 plates of gold (Mos 28:11-17)
508 Mosiah2 confers all records & sacred things on Alma2 (Mos 28:20)
509 Mosiah2 recommends system of democracy–Judges (Mos 29:1-36)
510 Alma1 dies at age 82 (Mos 29:45-46)
510 Mosiah2 (63) dies in the 33rd year of his reign, 509 years from when Lehi left Jerusalem (Mos 29:46)
