路得记 1:2

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

這個人名叫以利米勒，妻子名叫拿俄米，兩個兒子叫瑪倫和基連，都是猶大伯利恆的以法他人。他們到了摩押地，就在那裡住下來了。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
这 人 名 叫 以 利 米 勒 ， 他 的 妻 名 叫 拿 俄 米 ； 他 两 个 儿 子 ， 一 个 名 叫 玛 伦 ， 一 个 名 叫 基 连 ， 都 是 犹 大 的 伯 利 恒 的 以 法 他 人 。 他 们 到 了 摩 押 地 ， 就 住 在 那 里 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Long ago when the judges ruled Israel, there was a shortage of food in the land. ² So a man named Elimelech left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons. His wife was named Naomi, and his two sons were named Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathahites from Bethlehem in Judah. When they came to Moab, they settled there. ³ Then Naomi's husband, Elimelech, died, and she was left with her two sons. ⁴ These sons married women from Moab. One was named Orpah, and the other was named Ruth. Naomi and her sons had lived in Moab about ten years ⁵ when Mahlon and Kilion also died. So Naomi was left alone without her husband or her two sons.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Elimelech: The Rabbins say, that Elimelech was the son of Salmon, who married Rahab; and that Naomi was his niece.

Naomi: Ruth 1:20

Mahlon: It is imagined, and not without probability, that Mahlon and Chilion are the same with Joash and Saraph, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:22.

Ephrathites: Genesis 35:19, 1 Samuel 1:1, 1 Samuel 17:21, Micah 5:2

continued: Heb. were

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:16 - Ephrath Genesis 48:7 - Rachel Judges 17:7 - General Ruth 4:11 - Ephratah 1 Kings 11:26 - an Ephrathite Psalms 132:6 - at Ephratah

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days, and years.

Job 26:7
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 26:14
And these are only a small part of God's works. We only hear a small whisper of him. Who could understand God's thundering power?"

Psalms 33:6
The sky was made at the Lord 's command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.

Isaiah 45:18
The Lord created the heavens. He is the God who formed the earth and made it. He did not want it to be empty, but he wanted life on the earth. This is what the Lord says: "I am the Lord . There is no other God.

Nahum 2:10
Nineveh is robbed, ruined, and destroyed. The people lose their courage, and their knees knock. Stomachs ache, and everyone's face grows pale.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the name of the man was Elimelech,.... Which signifies "my God is King", as he was King over Israel. In the times of the judges, the government was a theocracy; the judges were raised up immediately by the Lord, and ruled under him; the Targum calls him a great man, and so Jarchi; and it is very likely he was, especially if it be true what is said the Jewish chronology u, that he was the brother of Salmon, prince of the tribe of Judah; and it is certain that Boaz the son of Salmon was a kinsman of his, Ruth 2:1,

and the name of his wife Naomi; which signifies "sweet, pleasant", very likely a comely person, and of a sweet disposition; a name of the same signification with Naamah, the sister of Tubalcain, Genesis 4:22 and according to the Talmudists she was Elimelech's brother's daughter; for they say w, that Elimelech, Salmon, and the kinsman (spoken of in this book), and the father of Naomi, were all of them the sons of Nahshon, prince of the tribe of Judah; the same Jarchi observes on Ruth 1:22

and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion; which seem to have their names from weakness and consumption, being perhaps weakly and consumptive persons; and it appears they both died young. It is a tradition of the Jews, mentioned by Aben Ezra, that these are the same with Joash and Saraph, who are said to have dominion in Moab, 1 Chronicles 4:22 which is not likely:

Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah: Jarchi interprets Ephrathites by men of worth and esteem; and the Targum is,

"Ephrathites, great men of Bethlehemjudah''

but no doubt they were called so, because Ephratah was one of the names of Bethlehem, Genesis 35:19 so called from its fruitfulness; though Aben Ezra thinks it had its name from Ephratah the wife of Caleb; but it was so called in the time of Moses, as in the passage referred to:

and they came into the country of Moab, and continued there; unto their death; all excepting Naomi, who returned when she heard the famine was over.

u Seder Olam Rabba, c. 12. p. 34. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 8. 1. w T. Bab Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 1:2. Elimelech — That is, God is my king.

Naomi — Beautiful or amiable.

Mahlon — Infirmity.

Chilion — Finished, completed.