Ruth 1:2

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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 Bethlehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and remained there.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth for me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Judges 3:30

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.

Ruth 1:3

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

Ruth 1:5

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 2:1

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

Ruth 4:9

And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

1 Samuel 1:1

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men as an old man in the days of Saul.

1 Samuel 17:21

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.