Ruth 1:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

Now a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

Psalm 34:19

¶The afflictions of the righteous are many, But the Lord rescues him from them all.

Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. So they entered the land of Moab and remained there.

Ruth 1:4

And they took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other, Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.