King Noah

Noah rules over a colony of Nephites who come from Zarahemla and settle in the land of Lehi-Nephi, succeeding his father, Zeniff.

In the Book of Mosiah, King Noah distances from his father's teachings, committing what the text calls "all manner of wickedness.

"[2] Noah and his priests sentence a prophet named Abinadi, who prophesies of his kingdom's downfall if they did not repent, to death by fire.

[5] The story of King Noah directly follows the first-person account of Zeniff, but the narration point of view shifts to the third person.

[7] In the Book of Mosiah, Noah inherits the kingship over the Nephite colony residing in the land of Lehi-Nephi.

[13] The Nephite colony's violent contentions with the Lamanite people who also inhabit the land of Nephi do not cease upon King Noah's reign.

A division forms between the remainder of Noah's people, and a man named Gideon leads the group who oppose the king.

The remaining Nephites are captured by the Lamanite people and taxed, and Noah's son, Limhi, is made their king.

"[21] Political scientist Ryan Davis, writing for the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies labels the story of King Noah's reign as a characteristic example of a "despotic, autocratic regime.

[26] According to art historian and professor Darren Longman, Friberg's imagining of this scene between King Noah and Abinadi follows an "ethnocentric" narrative where "whiteness is tantamount to righteousness and brownness to iniquity.