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, Ruth 1:1; Ruth 1:2, Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:4, Ruth 1:4). Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth.