The Book of Mormon

Words of Mormon 1:16

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~AD 385

1830 Edition

and after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people:

Influences

2 Peter 3:2 (KJV)
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

Changes

aAnd after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people:—

Simple English

After there had been false prophets and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all of these were punished for their crimes. After there had been much fighting and many people left to join the Lamanites, King Benjamin got help from the holy prophets among his people.

Paraphrase

and after false prophets and preachers and teachers had arisen among the people and been punished for their crimes, and after much fighting and many defections to the Lamanites—King Benjamin, with the help of the holy prophets among his people—