King-men
According to the Book of Mormon, the king-men were a group of Nephites who sought to de-throne Judge Pahoran, and install a king to rule the land.
Narrative
In the Book of Alma, some Nephites dissented from the current government, believing the chief-Judge Pahoran should change some laws, but Pahoran refused.[1] These dissenters, called king-men,[2] then desired a king be appointed to govern instead of a chief-judge. However a public vote overruled them,[3] and the rest of the people called themselves "freemen", to distinguish their position and their desire to retain religious freedoms.[4] Pahoran kept his position and there was no bloodshed.[5]
Meanwhile, Amalickiah gathered an army of Lamanites to attack the Nephites.[6] The freemen prepared to battle, but he king-men refused to defend their country.[7] Captain Moroni, the leader of the Nephite armies, was angry from the king-men's stubbornness and petitioned Pahoran for legal authority to compel the king-men to defend their country, or be executed.[8] By popular consent and the approval of Pahoran, Moroni and his armies quashed the king-men's rebellion, killing about four thousand men;[9] the remainder of the king-men yielded to Moroni and took up arms in their country's defense.[10]