CHAPTER EXPLORER
Ruth 1
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22 verses in KJV · 183 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Ruth 1 (KJV)
1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
1:2 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
1:3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1308 BC
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H9030nime · 12 occurrencesH7725shuvto return: return · 12 occurrencesH1980ha.lakhto go: went · 10 occurrencesH1035bet le.chemBethlehem · 10 occurrencesH8147she.na.yimtwo · 8 occurrencesH5281no.o.miNaomi · 8 occurrencesH376ishman · 8 occurrencesH3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 7 occurrencesH802ish.shahwoman · 6 occurrencesH5973imwith · 6 occurrencesH8034shemname · 5 occurrencesH7704sa.daySirion · 5 occurrencesH5971ampeople · 5 occurrencesH4191mutto die · 5 occurrences
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