Land of Moron (BYU geography model)

North of the great land of Desolation

Land of Moron (BYU geography model)

Moron was the land where the Jaredite king dwelt, near the land the Nephites called Desolation (Ether 7:5-6). The record places the throne of the kingdom there: when Corihor gathered an army and rebelled, he “came up unto the land of Moron where the king dwelt” and took the king captive (Ether 7:5). After defeating Shule in battle for the land of their first inheritance, the usurper Noah carried Shule captive into Moron (Ether 7:16-17).

Accounts of approach to Moron use the language of ascent. Armies “came up unto” it (Ether 7:5; 14:11), and movement in the region is described as coming over the surrounding terrain (Ether 7:4-5; 9:3, 9). The land changed hands repeatedly through revolt and war. The brother of Shared seized the throne of Coriantumr at Moron (Ether 14:6), and Coriantumr came up to Moron to give battle to Lib in the first year of Lib’s reign (Ether 14:11). The record names no city within the land, treating Moron as the land itself rather than a settlement (Ether 14:11; 7:17).

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