Ruth 1:1-4
judges <08199> [the judges.]
judges <08199> [ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.]
Ge 12:10 26:1 43:1 Le 26:19 De 28:23,24,38 2Sa 21:1
1Ki 17:1-12 18:2 2Ki 8:1,2 Ps 105:16 107:34 Jer 14:1
Eze 14:13,21 Joe 1:10,11,16-20 Am 4:6 [All]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]
Elimelech <0458> [Elimelech.]
The Rabbins say, that Elimelech was the son of Salmon, who married Rahab; and that Naomi was his niece.
Naomi <05281> [Naomi.]
Mahlon <04248> [Mahlon.]
It is imagined, and not without probability, that Mahlon and Chilion are the same with Joash and Saraph, mentioned in 1 Ch 4:22.
Ephrath <0673> [Ephrathites.]
[continued. Heb. were.]
left <07604> [and she was.]
So .... married <05375> [they took.]
The Targum says, "they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to them strange women."
women <0802> [wives.]
Ruth <07327> [Ruth.]
