“I Shall Deliver Up These Plates Unto Him”

D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner

More than five hundred years before the time of Mormon, King Benjamin brought the large and small plates of Nephi together to preserve them; thus they continued to be cared for over the centuries down to Mormon and Moroni.

Possessors of the Book of Mormon Plates

Lehi

A descendant of Manasseh

1 Nephi 1:17

Nephi

Son of Lehi

1 Nephi 1:2, 17

Jacob

Son of Lehi (brother of Nephi)

Jacob 1:1–2

Enos

Son of Jacob

Jacob 7:27

Jarom

Son of Enos

Jarom 1:1

Omni

Son of Jarom

Jarom 1:15

Amaron

Son of Omni

Omni 1:4

Chemish

Son of Omni (brother of Amaron)

Omni 1:8

Abinadom

Son of Chemish

Omni 1:10

Amaleki

Son of Abinadom

Omni 1:12

Benjamin

Son of Mosiah I

Omni 1:25

Mosiah II

Son of Benjamin

Mosiah 1:16

Alma II

Son of Alma I

Mosiah 28:20

Helaman II

Son of Alma II

Alma 37:1

Shiblon

Son of Alma II

Alma 63:1

Helaman III

Son of Helaman II

Alma 63:11

Nephi II

Son of Helaman III

Helaman 3:37

Nephi III

Son of Nephi II and one of the twelve disciples of Christ (3 Nephi 12:1)

3 Nephi 1:2

Nephi IV

Son of Nephi III

4 Nephi: heading

Amos I

Son of Nephi IV

4 Nephi 1:19

Amos II

Son of Amos I

4 Nephi 1:21

Ammaron

Son of Amos I (brother of Amos II); hid up the records in Hill Shim (Mormon 1:3)

4 Nephi 1:47–48

Mormon II

Son of Mormon I; obtained records from Hill Shim (Mormon 4:23)

Mormon 1:1–5

Moroni

Son of Mormon II, who hid all records in Hill Cumorah, except the ones he gave to Joseph Smith

Mormon 6:6

Joseph Smith Jr.

Son of Joseph Smith Sr., instructed and directed to the records by angel Moroni (Joseph Smith–History 1:30–54, 59)

2 Nephi 3:15

Moroni

Son of Mormon II; custody of record returned to Moroni

Joseph Smith–History 1:60

The Book of Mosiah

Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon: Vol. 1

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