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Kish. , had not the greater portion of the more wicked been slain in the convulsions that attended the crucifixion of the Redeemer. King Jacob, finding his plots had miscarried, hurried his followers to the far north, where they built a city, called Jacobugath. During its short existence it became a head centre of depravity and cruel licentiousness, and was destroyed with its sister cities in the general upheaval at Christ's death.  KISH. A king of the Jaredites. He was the son of Corum, and succeeded his father on the throne. Nothing is said in the Book of Ether about his character, the events of his reign, or the length of his life. All we are told of him is that he reigned in the place of his father and that, when he died, he was succeeded by his son Lib.   KISHKUMEN. An assassin, and a leading man among the Gadianton robbers at the time of the organization of their marauding bands. In the year B. C. 52, Pahoran, the chief judge of the Nephite commonwealth, died, which event gave rise to serious contentions among the Nephite people. Three of his sons, named Pahoran, Pacumeni and Paanchi, were ambitious to fill the exalted position left vacant by their father's death. Each had his adherents and following, but, according to the national law, the matter was decided by the voice of the people, and Pahoran was chosen.

Pacumeni assented to the decision of the citizens, but Paanchi attempted to raise a rebellion, for which crime he was arrested, tried by the law and condemned to death. Still, the more wicked part of the community supported his unlawful claims. These determined to kill Pahoran, which resolve they carried into effect, and the chief judge was slain by Kishkumen. This foul murder was committed while the chief magistrate was sitting in the judgment seat administering the law, but, through the connivance of the murderer's associates in iniquity, he escaped. Pacumeni, Pahoran's 