The Book of Mormon

Ether 10:13

1830 Edition

And Morianton did live to an exceeding great age, and then he begat Kim; and Kim did reign in the stead of his father; and he did reign eight years, and his father died. And it came to pass that Kim did not reign in righteousness, wherefore he was not favored of the Lord.

Changes

And Morianton did live to an exceedingly great age, and then he begat Kim; and Kim did reign in the stead of his father; and he did reign eight years, and his father died. And it came to pass that Kim did not reign in righteousness, wherefore he was not favored of the Lord.

Simple English

Morianton lived to be very old. Then he had a son named Kim. Kim became king after his father. He ruled for eight years. Then his father died. Kim did not rule the right way. So the Lord did not help him.

Paraphrase

Morianton lived to a very old age. Then he had a son named Kim, who took the throne. Kim ruled for eight years, and then his father died. Kim didn’t rule righteously, so the Lord didn’t bless him.