Chilion in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE
kil'-i-on (kilyon, "pining," "wasting away"): One of the two
sons of Elimelech and Naomi, "Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites
of Bethlehem-judah" (Ruth 1:2). With his mother and brother he
came into Moab and there both married Moabite women, Orpah
being the name of Chilion's wife and Ruth that of the wife of
Mahlon (4:9,10). Both died early and Orpah remained in Moab
while Ruth accompanied Naomi back to Bethlehem. When Boaz
married Ruth he "bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that
was Chilion's, and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi" (4:9).
W. L. Walker
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