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John Gill's Exposition on Ruth 1:3

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, etc.] According to Josephus f12, after he had dwelt in the land ten years, and had married his two sons to Moabitish women; but, as Alshech observes, the text shows that while he was living they were not married to them, but after his death; and it is said of them only that they dwelt there about ten years; so that it is most probable that their father died quickly after he came into the land of Moab: and she was left, and her two sons; in a strange land, she without a husband, and they without a father.
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