("those who returned to Lahem".) A place on the W. of Judah, named among Shelah's descendants by Bathshua the Canaanitess (1Ch 4:22). The Jewish doctors explained the name in this verse as "Naomi and Ruth" who returned from "Moab" to bread (lechem) or Bethlehem; the "ancient things" or "words" answer to the book of Ruth which records concerning them.

The eponym of a Judahite family (1Ch 4:22). The text is manifestly corrupt.