Ruth 1:3

New International Version

Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

Psalm 34:19

The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;

Hebrews 12:6

because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”

Ruth 1:2

The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

Ruth 1:4

They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,