The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. Now they entered the land of Moab and remained there.

Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.

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

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”

Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.

In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you;

The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.