The name Antionum was given the land by the Zoramites who gathered and settled the area. When Alma and his brethren went to the land to preach to the Zoramites they were surprised to find that the Zoramites had built synagogues and astonished at their unusual form of worship ([[s:Book of Mormon/Alma#31 12|Alma31 12]]). Those who believed in the words of Alma and his missionary companions were cast out of the land and went north to the land of Jershon to live among the people of Ammon, the Lamanite converts ([[s:Book of Mormon/Alma#35 6|Alma35 6]]). 4|Alma32 4]]).