Ruth 1:3

And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

In Context

2He was named Elimelech, and his wife, Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.

4And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:19The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

Hebrews 12:10And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:2-6

Ruth This short history of the domestic affairs of one particular family fitly follows the book of Judges (the events related here happening in the days of the judges), and fitly goes before the books of Samuel, because in the close it introduces David; yet the Jews, in their Bibles, separate it from both, and make it one of the five Megilloth, or Volumes, which they put together towards the latter end, in this order: Solomon's Song, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. It is probable that Samuel was the… Read the whole commentary →

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