Ruth 1:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi.  The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites  from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the fields of Moab and settled there.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

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

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin  is from antiquity, from ancient times.

1 Samuel 17:21

Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other.

1 Samuel 1:1

There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim  in  the hill country of Ephraim.  His name was Elkanah  son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Judges 3:30

Moab became subject to Israel that day, and the land had peace for eighty years.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.

Ruth 1:3

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

Ruth 1:5

both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two children and without her husband.

Ruth 2:1

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side. He was a prominent man of noble character  from Elimelech’s family. His name was Boaz.

Ruth 4:9

Boaz said to the elders and all the people, ‘You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite  from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons  and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.