Ruth 1:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

Now the wife of a member of the company of prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.”

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.

Hebrews 12:6

for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves and chastises every child 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; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

Ruth 1:4

These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years,