Article Title

King Mosiah and the Judgeship

Authors

John A. Tvedtnes

Keywords

King Mosiah, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon

Abstract

The immediate situation that prompted Mosiah to institute a system of judges to govern the Nephites was the departure of his four sons. The people asked that Aaron be appointed king, but he and his brothers had gone to the land of Nephi to preach to the Lamanites and had renounced their claims to the monarchy (see Mosiah 29:1–6).

Recommended Citation

Tvedtnes, John A. (2003) "King Mosiah and the Judgeship," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 23: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol23/iss1/3