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Easton's Bible Dictionary
God his king, A man of the tribe of Judah, of the family
of the Hezronites, and kinsman of Boaz, who dwelt in Bethlehem in the days of
the judges. In consequence of a great death he, with his wife Naomi and his two
sons, went to dwell in the land of Moab. There he and his sons died ( Ruth 1:2
, 1:3 ; 2:1 , 2:3 ; 4:3 , 4:9 ). Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her
daughter Ruth.
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
my God is king
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(my God is king), A man of the tribe of Judah and of
the family of the Hezronites, who dwelt in Bethlehem-Ephratah in the days of the
Judges. (B.C. 1312.) In consequence of a great death in the land he went with
his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, to dwell in Moab, where
he and his sons died without posterity. ( Ruth 1:2 , 1:3 ) etc.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
e-lim'-e-lek ('elimelekh, "my God is king"; Abeimelech,
Alimelek):
Elimelech was a member of the tribe of Judah, a native of Bethlehem Judah, a man
of wealth and probably head of a family or clan (Ruth 1:2,3; 2:1,3). He lived
during the period of the Judges, had a hereditary possession near Bethlehem, and
is chiefly known as the husband of Naomi, the mother-in-law of Ruth and ancestress
of David the king. Because of a severe famine in Judea, he emigrated to the land
of Moab with his wife and his sons, Mahlon and Chilion. Not long afterward he
died, and his two sons married Moabite women, Ruth and Orpah. Ten years in all
were spent in Moab, when the two sons died, and the three widows were left. Soon
afterward Naomi decided to return to Judah, and the sequel is told in the Book
of Ruth.
See RUTH;
NAOMI.
J. J. Reeve
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