Ruth 1:3

1:3 Sometime later Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.

Ruth 1:1

A Family Tragedy: Famine and Death

1:1 During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.