king's command, followed with an army to compel their obedience, This army was treacherously surrendered by Amalickiah to Lehonti, and the latter took command of both armies. He was soon after killed by slow poison, administered to him by Amalickiah 's command, when the last named succeeded to his position (B. C. 73).
ANTIPUS. The commander of the Nephite forces in the extreme southwest, during the war with Amalickiah and Ammoron. He fought stubbornly for several years, against great odds, and was at last slain in battle with the Lamanites, in the wilderness north of the city of Judea (B. C. 65). [See Helaman.]
ANTUM. A land of North America in which was situated a hill called Shim. In this hill Ammaron deposited the sacred records (A. C. 321). Mormon afterwards, by Ammaron's direction, obtained the plates of Nephi from this hiding place and continued the record thereon. On account of his fear that the Lamanites might possess themselves of the records, Mormon, at a later period, removed them all to the Hill Cumorah. The land of Jashon appears to have bordered on the land of Antum; as the city of Jashon is said to have been near the land where Ammaron deposited the records.
ARABIAN. A native of Arabia, in Asia. The name is only used once in the Book of Mormon, (II Nephi, 23:20) in a quotation from Isaiah.
ARCHEANTUS. A Nephite officer of rank in the army commanded by Mormon. He was killed in a “sore battle” fought with the Lamanites (probably towards the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era) in which the latter were victorious. He is spoken of by Mormon in his second epistle to his son, in connection with a great number of “choice men” lost in the same disastrous battle.
