Ruth 1:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.

Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

2 Kings 4:1

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

Ruth 1:2

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.

Ruth 1:4

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.