Ruth 1:2

Modern King James Version

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 to the fields of Moab and stayed there.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

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

Micah 5:2

And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.

Judges 17:7

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

Judges 3:30

So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day. 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 also died, 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 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

And there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim from the hills of 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

And David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah named Jesse. And to him were eight sons. And the man was old among men in the days of Saul.

1 Samuel 17:21

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in order, rank to rank.