Ruth 1:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

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 were there for some time.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath which is Beth-lehem.

Micah 5:2

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

Judges 17:7

Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

Judges 3:30

So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.

Ruth 1:3

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.

Ruth 1:5

And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 2:1

And Naomi had a relation of her husband, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the responsible men and to all the people, You are witnesses today that I have taken at a price from Naomi all the property which was Elimelech's, and everything which was Chilion's and Mahlon's.

1 Samuel 1:1

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

1 Samuel 17:21

And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.