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Nuem from about B. C. 590 to A. C. 385, when they were destroyed by the latter race. Originally they were the descendants of Nephi, Sam, Jacob, Joseph, and Zoram, but in later ages the distinction was one of religion and government more than of pedigree; hosts of the two peoples having, at different times, seceded from their own races and fused and intermixed with the other.  NUEM. A Hebrew prophet, quoted by Nephi (I Nephi, 19: 10). He prophesied that the Son of God should be crucified.   NIMRAH. A Jaredite, the son of Akish. Out of jealousy Akish had starved to death one of his sons, a brother of Nimrah, and the latter being angry with his father, gathered a small number of men and fled to the exiled king, Omer, who had established himself on the Atlantic Coast, probably in the region we call New England. What afterwards became of Nimrah we are not told. (Ether, 9:8,9.)   NIMROD. An early Jaredite prince, the son of Cohor. In his days the kingdom was a divided one, Shule reigning over one portion and Cohor over the other. Cohor, desiring to obtain undivided dominion, gave battle to Shule, was defeated and slain. Nimrod, recognizing the superior rights of Shule surrendered the region his father had ruled over to that monarch. For this act and for his faithful allegiance, Nimrod found favor in the eyes of Shule, and he had authority given him to do "according to his desires" in the latter's kingdom. (Ether, 7: 22.)   NIMROD, VALLEY OF. A valley in Mesopotamia, or in the adjacent regions, called after the mighty hunter who founded the Babylonian empire. There the Jaredites assembled and organized for their journey. In this valley, also, the Lord talked with the brother of Jared, and commanded that the company should go forth into that region where man had never yet been; but the <section end="Nimrod, Valley of" />