Ruth 1:5
Good News Translation
Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left all alone, without husband or sons.

New Revised Standard Version
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

Contemporary English Version
Mahlon and Chilion also died. Now Naomi had no husband or sons.

New American Bible
both Mahlon and Chilion died also, and the woman was left with neither her two boys nor her husband.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.

A.

2696 B.C.

1308 An. Ex. Is,

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Mahlon

Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end.

Psalm 89:30-32 And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments: . . .

Jeremiah 2:19 Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

and the woman

Isaiah 49:21 And thou shalt say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led away, and captive: and who hath brought up these? I was destitute and alone: and these, where were they?

Matthew 22:25-27 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother. . . .

Luke 7:12 And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother: and she was a widow. And a great multitude of the city was with her.

Context
Naomi Becomes a Widow
4And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt their ten years, 5And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.
Cross References
Ruth 1:2
He was named Elimelech, and his wife Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.

Ruth 1:4
And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt their ten years,

Ruth 1:6
And she arose to go from the land of Moab to her own country, with both her daughters in law: for she had heard that the Lord had looked upon his people, and had given them food.

Ruth 1:4
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