The nameof the man[was] Elimelech,and the nameof his wife,Naomi;and the namesof his twosons[were] Mahlonand Chilion,Ephrathitesof Bethlehemin Judah.Now they enteredthe landof Moaband remainedthere.
So Racheldiedand was buriedon the wayto Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).
"But as for you, BethlehemEphrathah,[Too] littleto be among the clansof Judah,From you One will goforthfor Me to be rulerin Israel.His goingsforthare from longago,From the daysof eternity."
Now there was a youngmanfrom Bethlehemin Judah,of the familyof Judah,whowas a Levite;and he was stayingthere.
So Moabwas subduedthat dayunderthe handof Israel.And the landwas undisturbedfor eightyyears.
Then Elimelech,Naomi'shusband,died;and she was leftwith her twosons.
Then bothMahlonand Chilionalsodied,and the womanwas bereftof her twochildrenand her husband.
Now Naomihad a kinsmanof her husband,a manof greatwealth,of the familyof Elimelech,whose namewas Boaz.
Then Boazsaidto the eldersand allthe people,"You are witnessestodaythat I have boughtfrom the handof Naomiallthat belonged to Elimelechand allthat belonged to Chilionand Mahlon.
Now therewas a certainmanfrom Ramathaim-zophimfrom the hillcountryof Ephraim,and his namewas Elkanahthe sonof Jeroham,the sonof Elihu,the sonof Tohu,the sonof Zuph,an Ephraimite.
Now Davidwas the sonof the Ephrathiteof Bethlehemin Judah,whose namewas Jesse,and he had eightsons.And Jesse was oldin the daysof Saul,advanced[in years] among men.
Israeland the Philistinesdrewup in battlearray, armyagainstarmy.