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ELIMELECH.—The husband of Naomi and father of Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-Judah (cf. 1Sa_17:12). He is spoken of as if he were the head of a clan in the tribe of Judah (cf. Rth_2:1; Rth_2:3). This would be the Hezronites (1Ch_2:9, cf. Gen_46:12).