Ruth 1:3

Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons,

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

In Context

2His name was Elimelech and his wife’s was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. After they had been living in Moab for some time,

4who married Moabite women named Orpah and Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,

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Cross References

Psalms 34:19Many misfortunes befall the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them all.

Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for only a short time and as seemed best to them; but God disciplines us for our true good, to enable us to share 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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