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Mahlon

One of the two sons born to Elimelech and Naomi in Bethlehem. As a result of a famine west of the Jordan the entire family went to live in Moab. After the death of Elimelech, Mahlon married the Moabite woman Ruth (Ruth 4:10) and his brother married another Moabite woman. Both Mahlon and Chilion died in Moab and when Naomi returned to her Bethlehem home, Mahlon’s widow, Ruth, insisted on accompanying her.

Concordance
Ruth 1:2, 5; 4:9-10


 
 
('lən) , in the Bible, Ruth's husband.
 
 

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