Person of Interest

    Elimelech

    meaning: my God is king

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Dictionary Summary: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 dearth 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](/ruth#Ruth.1.2), [3](/ruth#Ruth.1.3); 2:1, 3; 4:3, 9). Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth. 2


Place of Birth

      Bethlehem - Settlement

      meaning: A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath ([Gen. 35:16](/gen#Gen.35.16...

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    Partners

      Naomi

      meaning: beautiful; agreeable

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    Children

      Chilion

      meaning: finished; complete; perfect

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      Mahlon

      meaning: 

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    Cross References
    BookCross-References
    Ruth
      1.2 1.3 2.1 2.3 4.3 4.9 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.