Ruth 1:3

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

NOW THE wife of a son of the prophets cried to Elisha, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. But the creditor has come to take my two sons to be his slaves.

Psalm 34:19

Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes.

Ruth 1:2

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.

Ruth 1:4

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