Ruth 1:19

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

Isaiah 23:7

Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle afar?

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem; “Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

Matthew 21:10

And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”

Ruth 1:20

She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Ruth 2:6

And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite maiden, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.