Ruth 1:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

Psalm 34:19

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

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 were there for some time.

Ruth 1:4

And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.