Ruth 1:5
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them,.... As well as their father, in the land of Moab, after they had lived with their wives in it about ten years; the Targum is,"because they transgressed…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
And Mahlon and Chilion died - The Targum adds, And because they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people, therefore their days were cut off. It is very…
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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