See also Benjamin, Father of Mosiah; Mosiah, Sons of

A righteous Nephite king and prophet in the Book of Mormon. Mosiah followed the righteous example of his father (Mosiah 6: 4-7). He translated the twenty-four gold plates containing the record of the Jaredites (Mosiah 28: 17).

The book of Mosiah: A book in the Book of Mormon. Chapters 1-6 contain King Benjamin’s forceful sermon to his people. The Spirit of the Lord touched their hearts and the people were converted and felt no more desire to do evil. Chapters 7-8 tell of a group of Nephites who had gone to live among the Lamanites. A search party was sent out to find them. Ammon, leader of the search party, found them and learned the story of their trials under Lamanite oppression. Chapters 9-24 describe that oppression and how their leaders—Zeniff, Noah, and Limhi—lived under the Lamanites. The martyrdom of a prophet called Abinadi is also recorded. Alma was converted at Abinadi’s trial. Chapters 25-28 recount the stories of how Alma’s son and four sons of King Mosiah became converted. In chapter 29 King Mosiah recommended that a system of judges replace the kings. Alma the son of Alma was elected the first chief judge.