Topic
Mahlon
6 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ruth 4:9Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A son of Naomi, and the first husband of Ruth
¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
- Ruth 4:10Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A son of Naomi, and the first husband of Ruth
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
- Ruth 1:2Easton · Smith · Nave A son of Naomi, and the first husband of Ruth
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- Ruth 1:5Easton · Smith · Nave A son of Naomi, and the first husband of Ruth
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
- Ruth 4:22ISBE
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
- 1 Samuel 17:12Smith
¶ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.