Verse 3

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

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 ¶ Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.