Ruth 1:2

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small amongst the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

Judges 3:30

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.

Ruth 1:3

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

Ruth 1:5

Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.

Ruth 2:1

Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 4:9

Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

1 Samuel 1:1

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.

1 Samuel 17:21

Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.