Ruth 1:3

And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And the man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name Naomi, and the names of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem of Judah: and they came to the land of Moab, and remained there.

4And they took to themselves wives, women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:19Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; 1 Who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes. 1

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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