Person

Mahlon

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Ruth 1:2 names him one of the two sons of Elimelech. At 1:4–5 the two sons take wives of the women of Moab and live there about ten years, and Mahlon and Chilion both die. At 4:9–10 Boaz says he has bought all that was Mahlon’s from the hand of Naomi, and calls Ruth “Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon”.

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RUT 1:1–5, engwebp
¹In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
²The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.
³Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
⁴They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years.
⁵Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
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RUT 4:9–12, engwebp
⁹Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.
¹⁰Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”
¹¹All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
¹²Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

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Elimelech — Father of — Mahlon

Evidence: Ruth 1:1–5
Naomi — Mother of — Mahlon

Evidence: Ruth 1:1–5
Mahlon — Sibling of — Chilion

Evidence: Ruth 1:1–5
Mahlon — Spouse of — Ruth

Evidence: Ruth 4:9–12
Took part in (1) — Elimelech and his two sons, who went to live in the country of Moab, die

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Ruth 1:2 Open that verse

The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.

Ruth 1:5 Open that verse

Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.

Ruth 4:9 Open that verse

Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

Ruth 4:10 Open that verse

Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”

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Entry: Mahlon (person-mahlon)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/mahlon
Current wording: Ruth 1:2 names him one of the two sons of Elimelech. At 1:4–5 the two sons take wives of the women of Moab and live there about ten years, and Mahlon and Chilion both die. At 4:9–10 Boaz says he has bought all that was Mahlon’s from the hand of Naomi, and calls Ruth “Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon”.
Cited evidence: RUT 1:1–5, engwebp / RUT 4:9–12, engwebp
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