“Third in a line of kings (ca. 121 B.C.) that ruled over a group of Nephites who had left from Zarahemla around 200 B.C… . Limhi was the son of king Noah (the wicked king responsible for Abinadi’s death) and the grandson of Zeniff, who led the expedition [from Zarahemla]. Some of the events surrounding Limhi are told twice, first in Mormon’s summary account (Mosiah 7–8), and second in the more chronological record of Zeniff (Mosiah 9–22).
“Limhi became king of the Nephite colony when the Lamanites overran the land and his wicked father, Noah, was killed by some of his own men” (Largey, Book of Mormon Reference Companion, 522).