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Coriantor. survived both his elder brothers, and at the time of Shiblon's death (B. C. 53) was in North America, whither he had gone in a ship to carry provisions to the settlers. This is the last time his name is mentioned in the sacred pages.

We infer from the manner in which the statement is made, that if Corianton had been in Zarahemla at the time of Shiblon's death, the latter would have transferred the records and other sacred things to his charge, instead of to their nephew, Helaman; if this be so, it is evident that by his later life he had proved himself worthy of such a high honor.  CORIANTOR. The father of the Prophet Ether; he was the son of Moron, one of those unfortunate kings of the Jaredites, who was deposed through treason and rebellion, and held a prisoner the remainder of his life. Coriantor was born in captivity and remained so all his days. This period of Jaredite history is a particularly sad one; it is an epoch of sin and war. Many prophets appeared, who proclaimed that the Lord would execute judgment against the Jaredites to their utter destruction, and that He would bring forth another people to possess the land, as He had their fathers; but the people rejected all the words of these servants of God, “because of their secret societies and wicked abominations;” nevertheless, in that and the succeeding generation these prophecies were all fulfilled — the Jaredites were destroyed and the land was given to a branch of the house of Israel.   CORIANTUM. A good king of the Jaredites. He was the son of Emer, who, four years before his death, anointed Coriantum to reign in his stead. He was a righteous, just and vigorous ruler, and in his days the Jaredites were greatly prospered and many large cities were built. But he had no children until he was exceedingly old; his wife died when she was 102 years of age, after 