Elimelech (Easton)

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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 1:2,3 ; 2:1,3 ; 4:3,9 ). Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth.