They were led by the last living son of Zedekiah, Mulek. The Book of Mormon chronologist dates this divinely arranged reuniting of these two escaped remnants of Jerusalem sometime between 279 B.C. The Book of Mormon gives us some general proximities of the Mulekite, the Nephite-Lamanite, and the Jaredite civilizations (see figure 1): “Now the land south was called Lehi, and the land north was called Mulek.” (Hel. Zedekiah, the brother of Jehoiakim and the grandson of righteous King Josiah, was only twenty-one years old when he began his reign. 21:16. Rather, various authors use three different appellations to refer to these people. • The Mulekites came to America from Jerusalem in 586 B.C. (See Alma 5:1; Alma 6:1; Alma 27:20.) By Ross I. and Ruth R. Christensen. This would make the journey from the land of Nephi to the land of the Mulekites a total of twenty days. During this time, the language of the Mulekites had so changed that the people of Mosiah could not understand them. The city soon fell, and the Babylonian generals entered the gates. The Mulekites eventually adopted the Nephites' language and religion, and the two peoples formed one nation by establishing Zarahemla as their new capital and naming the Nephite Mosiah as their king.[10]. (See Mosiah 7. The people of Mulek established their capital at Zarahemla, north of where Lehi and his people landed. The Mulekites came to America from Jerusalem in 586 B.C. The thirty verses which comprise the Book of Omni, although written by five lesser-known authors, provide answers to many questions. (Mosiah 1:10; italics added.). It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. 6:10.) He then left Mattaniah, renamed Zedekiah, in charge and returned to Babylon. » Mulekites Evidence in North America | Wayne May. The Lord has not fully revealed his purpose in leading this remnant, including a surviving heir to David’s throne, out of Jerusalem to be reunited with another chosen remnant, the Nephites. (See Ensign, Jan. 1987, p. (See 2 Kgs. In time the remnants of these two societies merged, but retained the Nephite designation. From the stone, Mosiah learned of a man named Coriantumr and how his people, the Jaredites, were slain. 322.) The Nephites taught the Mulekites their language and united to become one people, appointing Mosiah to be their king. Jehoiakim was left in power, but after three years he rebelled and was killed. Amaleki continues: “And they journeyed in the wilderness, and were brought by the hand of the Lord across the great waters, into the land where Mosiah discovered them; and they had dwelt there from that time forth.” (Omni 1:16; italics added.) When the Mulekites discovered Coriantumr, he was not previously known to them Omni 1:21. In the Book of Helaman, Nephi, son of Helaman, referred to them as “the seed of Zedekiah.” (Hel. 8:21.). Amaleki referred to them as the “people of Zarahemla,” after their leader Zarahemla. I don't know why it is so set in cement that Lehi, Mulekites, and Jaredites had to have traveled to Mesoamerica by way of the Pacific. The army pursued them and captured them at the plains of Jericho. Mosiah sends sixteen explorers to find Lehi-Nephi. Nephi stated that “in the commencement of the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, … there came many prophets, prophesying unto the people that they must repent, or the great city of Jerusalem must be destroyed.” (1 Ne. The Jaredites & Mulekites were contemporaries for about 200 years until the Jaredite collapse. The Mulekites came to America too. When the Nephites were commanded to leave their historic homeland of Lehi-Nephi to flee from the Lamanites, the exiled remnants discovered the city of Zarahemla, to their north. Today, the theory of transoceanic crossings to America is a hotly debated topic, and while the majority opinion still resides with the Beringia theory alone, more and more evidence points to transoceanic crossings. The people of Zarahemla are thus often referred to as Mulekites. J. Larson April 12, 2016. A serious reader of the Book of Mormon will at some point likely ask himself how much is known about the Mulekites and about the role they played among Book of Mormon civilizations. The Book of Mormon states that after escaping from Judah, Mulek traveled to the Americas and established a civilization there. Perhaps worst of all, he shed innocent blood until it “filled Jerusalem from one end to another.” (2 Kgs. 6:10 .) by Nephi and other New World scribes. They kept traveling until they arrived at the land of the Jaredites and there found the twenty-four gold plates that Ether had left. 1:4.). (See Jer. ), With the exception of King Josiah, all of the kings following Hezekiah caused great wickedness in the kingdom of Judah. In fact, it indicates that it was only the righteous who went with Mosiah to the land of Zarahemla. This situation agrees with a number of clues in the Book of Mormon that suggest these colonies quickly interacted with outsiders. (Hel. Some come from the Appalachian region of the U.S. which spans over Canada and numerous states in the U.S. Like African-Americans, Melungeons also have a painful past in America – “have been maligned and denied t… https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mulek&oldid=996009269, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 December 2020, at 01:21. But Zedekiah was a weak leader, constantly influenced by anti-Babylonian factions in Jerusalem. It is one of four groups (the others being the Nephites, the Lamanites, and the Jaredites) described in the Book of Mormon as having settled in the ancient Americas. The Book of Mormon tells of three relatively small parties (the Jaredites, Lehites, and Mulekites) that left their native homeland in the Old World at different times and through divine guidance traveled to a new promised land, on the American continent. Now if you put a mountain range between the Nephites and the other two it makes more sense why they may have had limited contact. Along with "as many as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord," Mulek escaped into the wilderness, traveled "across the great waters" to the Americas, and founded a new nation. Furthermore, the Mulekites would have sailed right past other civilizations that likely existed in the area, descendants of Jaredites or other groups who had come to the continent. The Mulekites crossed the ocean and located some distance north of the central Nephite settlements (Helaman 6:10; Mosiah 25:2). Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that the people of Zarahemla [Mulekites] came out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah, king of Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon. Soon after the arrival of the Nephites and Lamanites came a third group, the followers of Mulek, a son of the Jewish King Zedekiah. The fact that the Book of Mormon is essentially silent about these other societies is consistent with The Jaredites are one of four peoples (along with the Nephites, Lamanites, and Mulekites) that the Latter-day Saints believe settled in ancient America. The Mulekites had in their possession a stone that told the story of Coriantumr, a survivor of the Jaredites who had encountered the Mulekites and lived among them until his death. According to ancient Indian legends a people, which I believe were the Mulekites, came from the east. That means for at least 400 years the Nephites, the Mulekites, and the Jaredites all lived on the same continent together. The generals then took them up to Riblah, Nebuchadnezzar’s headquarters. Or perhaps there were few records available to take. These forty-three explorers had found a destroyed civilization and feared the worst—they mistakenly thought that the land they had found was Zarahemla. Their history spans over one thousand years, from 600 BC to 450+ AD and occupies most of the Book of Mormon text. Shortly after this division, around 2200 B.C., the Lord led the Jaredites to this land of promise. The Lord had plans for them to become a righteous nation, but instead, virtually their entire civilization was destroyed because of wickedness and secret combinations. They were at first suspected of being enemies, but after gaining an audience with King Limhi and explaining their purpose in coming, the people rejoiced in anticipation of their release from Lamanite bondage. The Mulekites did not migrate very far away from their original homeland in Zarahemla Omni 1:16. Amaleki writes that Mulek, the son of Zedekiah and heir to the throne of David, came “out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah, king of Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon.” (Omni 1:15.) The Phoenician theory is also supported in a book written in 1871, by John Denison Baldwin, an American anthropologist. The tragic events leading up to the overthrow of King Zedekiah and the destruction of Jerusalem were foretold by many prophets. [9], The Nephites settled among the Mulekites. The people of Zarahemla had come from the land of Jerusalem under the leadership of Mulek, the only surviving son of King Zedekiah. It became the center stake, as it were, for the righteous Saints. Amaleki says: “Behold, I will speak unto you somewhat concerning Mosiah, who was made king over the land of Zarahemla; for behold, he being warned of the Lord that he should flee out of the land of Nephi, and as many as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord should also depart out of the land with him, into the wilderness—, “And it came to pass that he did according as the Lord had commanded him. His eighteen-year-old son Jehoiachin was then instated as king. Relative geographical locations of the Jaredite, Mulekite, and Nephite/Lamanite civilizations. (See Omni 1:20–21.) Retribution followed swiftly. (See Mosiah 28:11–17. They then became amalgamated with the Nephites. Jeremiah’s promises apparently fell on deaf ears, for Zedekiah continued to listen to his nationalistic friends. Thus, Coriantumr’s arrival among the Mulekites must have taken place at least a couple of generations, and probably many generations, before this combining of the Nephite and Mulekite nations. The “Mulekites” (a term never used in the Book of Mormon) are barely mentioned in the Nephite record. His people, known as the Mulekites in the Book of Mormon, named their land Mulek after the king's son (Hel. (See F. J. Foakes and D. D. Jackson, The Biblical History of the Jews, Cambridge: W. Heffe and Son L.T.D., 1917, p. Nephi, a prophet who lived just prior to the time Christ visited the American continent, underscored the prominence of the Mulekites by asking a simple question, yet one with profound meaning for our day as we reestablish the Church among the children of Lehi: “Yea, and do ye not behold that the seed of Zedekiah are with us?” (Hel. The people were filled with the Holy Ghost and received a remission of their sins, took upon them the name of Christ, and covenanted to keep God’s commandments. Jehoiakim had reigned only eleven years when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, overthrew the Egyptian rule and took control of the Kingdom of Judah. 8:21.) But the Mulekites with only planes between them and the last remnants of the Jaredite nation …. And Mormon referred to the Mulekites by the name of Mulek, the son of King Zedekiah who came out of Jerusalem with them. ), At first, one might ask, Why didn’t the Mulekites bring records, as the Nephites did? It had been almost four centuries since the Mulekites had left Jerusalem until the people of Mosiah discovered them. The Lord has not fully revealed his purpose in leading this remnant, including a surviving heir to David’s throne, out of Jerusalem to be reunited with another chosen remnant, the Nephites. There is absolutely no evidence, outside the Book of Mormon itself, that Nephites ever existed, that they were Hebrews, or that they came from Jerusalem to South America circa 600 BC (1 Nephi 18:23–25). Question: Did one of King Zedekiah's sons, Mulek, escape and come to the New World? Not knowing the route to take, the sixteen men, led by Ammon, wandered forty days until they arrived at the Land of Nephi. Melungeons are typically believed to come from East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and eastern Kentucky. Then, being warned of the Lord, they “fled eight days’ journey into the wilderness” and established the community called Helam. Alma, in describing the city Bountiful, wrote that Bountiful was “so far northward that it came into the land which had been peopled and been destroyed … , which was discovered by the people of Zarahemla the Mulekites, it being the place of their first landing.” (Alma 22:30. And they were admonished continually by the word of God; and they were led by the power of his arm, through the wilderness, until they came down into the land which is called the land of Zarahemla.” (Omni 1:12–13; italics added. When taught the Nephite language, the Mulekites recounted their descent from Mulek, which was then recorded. (Omni 1:14–15.) 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