Na'omi

The wife of Elimelech of Bethlehem who went to Moab during a famine and there lost her husband and her two sons (Ruth 1:1-5). Returning to Bethlehem, she asked to be called Mara, saying the Almighty had dealt bitterly with her (Ruth 1:19-21). The women blessed the LORD at the birth of Obed, her daughter-in-law Ruth’s son, whom she took to her bosom (Ruth 4:14-17). The book is set ‘in the days when the judges ruled’ (Ruth 1:1); her birth and death are not stated, and the exact date is uncertain.

Set during the period of the Judges — exact date uncertain

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