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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.
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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