Naomi Widowed

Ruth 1

¹ In the days _a when the judges ruled there was _b a famine in the land, and a man of _c Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 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 _d Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. ³ But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. ⁴ These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, ⁵ and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

1. Cross References
   Judges 2:16
   Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 12:10
   Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
   Genesis 26:1
   Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
   Genesis 43:1
   Now the famine was severe in the land.
   2 Kings 8:1
   Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.
   
3. Cross References
   Judges 17:7
   Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 35:19
   So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).