Ruth 1:19

God's Word

So both of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about them. “This can’t be Naomi, can it?” the women asked.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, who first settled Bethlehem, and Hareph, who first settled Beth Gadar.

Isaiah 23:7

Is this your bustling city founded in the distant past? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?

Lamentations 2:15

Everyone who walks along the road shakes a fist at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Jerusalem’s people: ‘Is this the city they used to call absolutely beautiful, the joy of the whole world?’

Matthew 21:10

When Jesus came into Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar. People were asking, “Who is this?”

Ruth 1:20

She answered them, “Don’t call me Naomi [Sweet]. Call me Mara [Bitter] because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

Ruth 2:6

The young man answered, “She’s a young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.