Ruth 1:3 meaning and explanation
Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
Ruth 1:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Elimelech had taken his family from Bethlehem to Moab because of famine, and now he dies there, leaving Naomi a widow in a foreign land. In the ancient world a widow without a husband or grown sons had little security, so this brief notice carries real weight.
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