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elimelech |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Elimelech 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. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Elimelech, my God is king
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