The Book of Mormon

Alma 28:2

1830 Edition

And thus a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as never had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and scattered abroad.

Changes

And thus there was a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as never had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and scattered abroad.

Simple English

Then a huge battle happened. It was bigger than any battle since Lehi left Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of Lamanites were killed and ran away.

Paraphrase

What followed was a massive battle—the bloodiest anyone had seen since Lehi left Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of Lamanites were killed and scattered across the land.