John Gill Commentary Ruth 1:3

"And Elimelech, Naomi`s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons." — Ruth 1:3 (ASV)

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died
According to Josephus ^F24 , 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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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 1.)