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Mosiah, Sons of. command of Jehovah. But besides being a king, Mosiah was also a seer. The gift of interpreting strange tongues and languages was his. By this gift he translated from the twenty-four plates of gold, found by the people of king Limhi, the record of the Jaredites. No wonder that a man possessed of such gifts, so just and merciful in the administration of the law, so perfect in his private life, should be esteemed more than any man by his subjects, and that they waxed strong in their love towards him. As a king, he was a father to them, but as a prophet, seer and revelator, he was the source from whence Divine wisdom flowed unto them.

His sons having started on their mission to the Lamanites (B. C. 91), Mosiah gave the sacred plates and the associate holy things into the care of the younger Alma, and the same year passed away to the rest of the just.  MOSIAH, SONS OF. The four sons of the second Mosiah, who accomplished the great and successful mission to the Lamanites (B. C. 91 to B. C. 78). Their names were Aaron, Ammon, Omner and Himni.   MULEK. The infant son of Zedekiah, king of Judea, who was preserved when the rest of his brothers were slain (II Kings, 25:7) by the king of Babylon. Eleven years after Lehi left Jerusalem the Lord led another colony from that city to America, among whom was Mulek, who, at that time, must have been very young, as his father was only 21 years old when he commenced to reign, and he reigned but eleven years in Jerusalem (II Chronicles, 36:11; Jeremiah, 52:1). It is altogether probable that when Mulek attained a proper age he, on account of his lineage, was recognized as king or leader of the colony.

Regarding the journey of this company, all we are told in the Book of Mormon is that they came out of Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah, king 