Ruth 1:3

Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

4who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,

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Cross References

Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

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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