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Elimelech
        (my God is king), a man of the tribe of Judah and of the family of the Hezronites, who dwelt in Bethlehem-Ephratah in the days of the Judges. (B.C. 1312.) In consequence of a great death in the land he went with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, to dwell in Moab, where he and his sons died without posterity. Ru 1:2,3 etc.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'elimelech' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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