Verse 2

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
  • 1 Sam 17:21 : 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
  • 1 Sam 1:1 : 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: