To Walk Uprightly Before the Lord
Towards the end of the lives of Jared and his brother, they gathered the people together in the promised land to number them. After they counted them, Jared and his brother asked the people what they wanted: “And it came to pass that the people desired of them that they should anoint one of their sons to be a king over them.” The brother of Jared correctly prophesied that this thing would lead into captivity, but Jared wanted to do what the people asked. So, they asked them who they wanted for their king, “And it came to pass that they chose even the firstborn of the brother of Jared; and his name was Pagag. And it came to pass that he refused and would not be their king. And the people would that his father should constrain him, but his father would not; and he commanded them that they should constrain no man to be their king” (Ether 6:20-25). To his credit, Pagag did not want to be the king, and neither did any of his brothers. We don’t know how many sons that the brother of Jared ha...
