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Ruth 1:3

Ruth 1:3
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died,.... According to Josephus (x), after he had dwelt in the land ten years, and had married his two sons to Moabitish women; but, as Alshech observes, the text shows…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Elimelech - died - Probably a short time after his arrival in Moab.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ruth 1:1-5

The first words give all the date we have of this story. It was in the days when the judges ruled (Rut 1:1), not in those disorderly times when there was no king in Israel; but under which of the…

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