Ruth 1:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

² And the name of the man was Elim´elech, and the name of his wife Na-o´mi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chil´i-on, Eph´rathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The man's name was Elimelech and his wife's name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon [invalid] and Chilion [pining]; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah. They went to the country of Moab and continued there.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

² He called himself Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and his two sons, the one Mahlon, and the other Chilion, Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. And entering into the region of the Moabites, they stayed there.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² He 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.

Ruth 1:2 Cross References

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Micah 5:2

But thou, Bethlehem Eph´ratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Judges 3:30

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

Ruth 1:3

And Elim´elech Na-o´mi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Ruth 1:5

And Mahlon and Chil´i-on died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 2:1

And Na-o´mi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elim´elech; and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 4:9

And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elim´elech's, and all that was Chil´i-on's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Na-o´mi.

1 Samuel 1:1

Now there was a certain man of Ramatha´im–zo´phim, of mount E´phra-im, and his name was Elka´nah, the son of Jero´ham, the son of Eli´hu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Eph´rathite:

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Eph´rathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

1 Samuel 17:21

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.