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Ruth 1:5 KJV
Ruth · chapter 1 · verse 5
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.Ruth 1:5 · King James Version
Ruth 1:5 in context
3And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
7Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ChilionKilyôwnKiljon, an IsraeliteH3630 →
- MahlonMachlôwnMachlon, an IsraeliteH4248 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- diedmûwthto dieH4191 →
- leftshâʼarproperly, to swell upH7604 →
- sonsyeledsomething bornH3206 →
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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 judges these things happened we are not told, and the conjectures of the learned are very uncertain.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5