Ruth 1:2

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (eternity). [Gen. 49:10; Matt. 2:5-12; John 7:42.]

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man in Bethlehem of 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 peace and rest for eighty years.

Ruth 1:3

But Elimelech, who Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:5

And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them, so the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 2:1

NOW NAOMI had a kinsman of her husband's, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

Ruth 4:9

And Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech's and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's from the hand of Naomi.

1 Samuel 1:1

THERE WAS a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, named Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Samuel 17:12

David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah named Jesse, who had eight sons. [Jesse] in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years.

1 Samuel 17:21

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