God his king, a man of the tribe of Judah, of the family of the Hezronites, and kinsman of Boaz, who dwelt in Bethlehem in the days of the judges. In consequence of a great dearth he, with his wife Naomi and his two sons, went to dwell in the land of Moab. There he and his sons died ( Ruth 1:2 Ruth 1:3 ; Ruth 2:1 Ruth 2:3 ; Ruth 4:3 Ruth 4:9 ). Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth.