Wicked king Noah in the Book of Mormon is depicted as a polygamist.

Date
2013
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Website
Source
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS
Hearsay
Standard Works
Reference

Mosiah 11:1–4, 14, The Book of Mormon, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed April 28, 2023

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Reading Public
Transcription

1 And now it came to pass that Zeniff conferred the kingdom upon Noah, one of his sons; therefore Noah began to reign in his stead; and he did not walk in the ways of his father.

2 For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God, but he did walk after the desires of his own heart. And he had many wives and concubines. And he did cause his people to commit sin, and do that which was abominable in the sight of the Lord. Yea, and they did commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness.

3 And he laid a tax of one fifth part of all they possessed, a fifth part of their gold and of their silver, and a fifth part of their ziff, and of their copper, and of their brass and their iron; and a fifth part of their fatlings; and also a fifth part of all their grain.

4 And all this did he take to support himself, and his wives and his concubines; and also his priests, and their wives and their concubines; thus he had changed the affairs of the kingdom.

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14 And it came to pass that he placed his heart upon his riches, and he spent his time in riotous living with his wives and his concubines; and so did also his priests spend their time with harlots.

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