And it happened in the days of the judging, of those judging, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehemjudah went to live in the fields of Moab, he and his wife, and his two sons.
And they went, both of them, until they came into Beth-lehem. And it happened as they came into Beth-lehem, all the city was moved at them. And they said, Is this Naomi?
And all the people who were in the gate and the elders, said, We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who is coming into your house to be as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel. And may you do worthily in Ephratah, and proclaim the Name in Bethlehem.
And Jehovah said to Samuel, Until when will you mourn for Saul, for I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have seen a king for Me among his sons.