The Book of Mormon

Mormon 2:9

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And now the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron; and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand. And behold, I withstood him, with forty and two thousand. And it came to pass that I beat him with my army, that he fled before me. And behold, all this was done, and three hundred and thirty years had passed away.

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And now, the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron; and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand. And behold, I withstood him, with forty and two thousand. And it came to pass that I beat him with my army, that he fled before me. And behold, all this was done, and three hundred and thirty years had passed away.

Simple English

The Lamanites had a king named Aaron. He came against us with an army of 44,000 men. I fought against him with 42,000 men. I beat him with my army. He ran away from me. All this happened by the time 330 years had passed.

Paraphrase

The Lamanites had a king named Aaron. He came at us with forty-four thousand men. I faced him with forty-two thousand. I defeated his army and sent him running. All this happened by the year 330.