Naomi Widowed
1 In the days Judg. 2:16when the judges ruled there was Gen. 12:10;26:1;43:1;2 Kgs. 8:1a famine in the land, and a man of See Judg. 17:7Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
16 But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [ch. 2:11,12]Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. 1 Sam. 3:17;25:22;2 Sam. 19:13;1 Kgs. 2:23May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you."
20 She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi;1:20 Naomi means pleasant call me Ex. 15:23Mara,1:20 Mara means bitter for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 Job 1:21I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?"