This is the land of Antum. Due to the practice of naming a land by the same name as the city, it is presumed to also be the city of Antum. The land of Antum was next to the land of Jashon. The land of Antum was eastward of the land of Boaz. The hill Shim was within the borders of the land of Antum.
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MORMON 1:4 [1:3]: And when ye are of that age, go to the land of Antum, unto a hill, which shall be called Shim; and there have I deposited unto the Lord, all the sacred engravings concerning this people.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Antum and the hill Shim. In this verse, Ammoron is talking to Mormon. The hill Shim is located in the land of Antum.
MORMON 1:43 [2:17]: And now the city of Jashon was near the land where Ammoron had deposited the records unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Antum, the hill Shim, and Jashon. The hill Shim is where Ammoron deposited the records in the land of Antum. The phrase 'was near' means the land around the city of Jashon is next to the land of Antum.
MORMON 2:25 [4:23]: And now I, Mormon, seeing that the Lamanites were about to overthrow the land, therefore I did go to the hill Shim, and did take up all the records which Ammoron had hid up unto the Lord.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Antum, Boaz, the hill Shim, and the Sea West. Mormon went to the hill Shim (in the land of Antum) from the city Boaz. There is no indication how close the two were together. It may imply that the way to the hill Shim from the land of Boaz is through an area where there were few, if any, Lamanites. If the Lamanites were pursuing the Nephites generally northward from the land Desolation, the route from the city Boaz to the hill Shim would then have to be eastward (westward would be the Sea West). This would also imply that the hill Shim is northward of the narrow neck where Lamanites had control.
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