In the Book of Mormon, Zarahemla refers to a man who led Mulek's colony, a city named after him, the land of Zarahemla, or the people who followed him.

Zarahemla rejoiced that the Lord had sent the Nephites, Omni 1: 14. Zarahemla gave a genealogy of the fathers, Omni 1: 18. Ammon was a descendant of Zarahemla, Mosiah 7: 3, 13. The Church was established in the city of Zarahemla, Alma 5: 2. Because of the righteous the wicked were saved in Zarahemla, Hel. 13: 12. The city of Zarahemla was burned at Christ's death, 3 Ne. 8: 8, 24.