The Jaredite Civilization » The Rise of Shiz

After this, a prophet of Jesus named Ether arose during the reign of King Coriantumr, and the Spirit of the Lord was in him. From morning until evening he called on the people to repent lest they be destroyed. He told them that those with faith can hope to one day have a place at the right hand of God.

Sources:
• Ether 12:1-4

Ether told the people that a man named Lehi would one day arrive from Jerusalem. He also told them that a New Jerusalem would one day be built in their land, and that Enoch's city of Zion would come down from heaven. But the people rejected all the words of Ether and exiled him. So Ether lived in a cave where he wrote a record of his people and observed their destruction.

Sources:
• Ether 13:2-15

In the same year Ether was exiled, a terrible war broke out among the people. Mighty men rose up and with their secret plans of wickedness they tried to destroy King Coriantumr. But the king had studied all the arts of war and cunning of the world, and he battled against them successfully, but was wounded in his thigh.

Sources:
• Ether 13:16-31
• Book of Mormon Seminary Teacher Manual, 2012 Lesson 151: Ether 13–15

While Coriantumr recuperated for two years, there was war all across the land with every man and his band fighting for whatever they desired. A terrible curse came upon the whole land such that when any man put down a tool or sword, in the morning it would be gone. So every man held tight to his possessions and kept his sword in hand to defend his property and his family.

Sources:
• Ether 13:25, 31
• Ether 14:1-2