It was right after Ether was rejected by the Jaredites that a great civil war broke out among them. The leaders of the secret combinations were determine to overthrow Coriantumr who had usurped the throne, but Coriantumr was a skilled warrior himself and they could not overthrow him. Neither was there repentance among the clans of the prominent families such as Cohor and Corihor, but they all engaged in violent hand-to-hand combat in an effort to seize power over the people. For a whole year, Coriantumr resisted the secret combination and others who tried to overthrow him. The record indicates that Coriantumr and his sons "fought much and bled much."