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Moron. , and held Moron in captivity all the rest of his days. In captivity Moron begat Coriantor, who was the father of the prophet Ether. Moron, in all probability, lived in the seventh century B. C.  MORON. The land where the Jaredites made their first settlements. It was north of the land called Desolation by the Nephites, and consequently in some part of the region which we know as Central America. It appears to have been for a lengthy period, if not during the whole of their existence, the seat of government, the residence of the reigning monarch, and the centre of Jaredite civilization. In the numerous fratricidal wars that disgraced the annals of the race, Moron was, more than any other land, the chief seat of war; for here the revolutionists attacked the king, and when successful drove him thence. (See Corihor, Moriancumer, etc.)   MORONI. One of the greatest Nephite prophets and military commanders. He was born in Zarahemla, about the year B. C. 100. At the age of twenty-five he had risen to the supreme command of the forces of the commonwealth. At that time an army of the Lamanites, commanded by a man named Zerahemnah (B. C. 75) was threatening the land of Jershon, having, by the invitation of the apostate Zoramites, occupied the land of Antionum. Moroni sent to Alma, the High Priest and President of the Church, to inquire the mind and will of the Lord, and having received that word, carried it into effect. The Lamanites, having found Moroni too well prepared for them, retreated southward towards the land of Manti. Moroni left a portion of his forces to protect Jershon, and with the rest proceeded towards Manti by the most direct route. The opposing armies met near the river Sidon; one of the most obstinately contested battles in Nephite history was fought, and Zerahemnah was disastrously defeated. After this 