Mahlon
Mahlon (son of Elimelech and Naomi)
Mahlon was one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, who moved with their family from Bethlehem in Judah to Moab during a time of famine. Mahlon married a Moabite woman named Ruth after the death of his father, but he later died in Moab, leaving his wife a widow.
Associations
- Child of Elimelech (Ruth 1:2), Naomi (Ruth 1:2)
- Died in Moab (Ruth 1:5)
- Married to Orpah (Ruth 1:4, 1)
- Visited Moab (Ruth 1:1)
Family
graph TD;
style person/mahlon fill:#2fa4e7,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
person/obed(["Obed"])
person/mahlon(["Mahlon"])
person/orpah(["Orpah"])
person/naomi(["Naomi"])
person/elimelech(["Elimelech"])
person/ruth(["Ruth"])
person/elimelechs_redeemer(["Elimelech's Redeemer"])
person/boaz(["Boaz"])
person/kilion(["Kilion"])
click person/obed "../../person/obed/"
click person/mahlon "../../person/mahlon/"
click person/orpah "../../person/orpah/"
click person/naomi "../../person/naomi/"
click person/elimelech "../../person/elimelech/"
click person/ruth "../../person/ruth/"
click person/elimelechs_redeemer "../../person/elimelechs_redeemer/"
click person/boaz "../../person/boaz/"
click person/kilion "../../person/kilion/"
person/naomi -->|parent of| person/mahlon
person/mahlon <-->|married to| person/orpah
person/elimelech <-->|married to| person/naomi
person/naomi -->|parent of| person/kilion
person/elimelech -->|related to| person/boaz
person/elimelech -->|parent of| person/kilion
person/naomi -->|parent of| person/ruth
person/naomi -->|related to| person/elimelechs_redeemer
person/naomi -->|parent of| person/obed
person/elimelech -->|parent of| person/mahlon
person/elimelech -->|related to| person/elimelechs_redeemer
Geographic
graph TD;
style person/mahlon fill:#2fa4e7,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
person/mahlon(["Mahlon"])
person/naomi(["Naomi"])
person/elimelech(["Elimelech"])
place/moab(["Moab"])
person/kilion(["Kilion"])
click person/mahlon "../../person/mahlon/"
click person/naomi "../../person/naomi/"
click person/elimelech "../../person/elimelech/"
click place/moab "../../place/moab/"
click person/kilion "../../person/kilion/"
person/kilion -->|died in| place/moab
person/kilion .->|visited| place/moab
person/mahlon -->|died in| place/moab
person/mahlon .->|visited| place/moab
person/elimelech -->|died in| place/moab
person/elimelech .->|visited| place/moab
person/naomi .->|visited| place/moab
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In my imagination, Elimelech was alive for the marriage of his son, but the text does not say that explicitly, infact, it seems to indicate he was not involved in the marriage of his sons to foreign women (Robert Whiting, 2025). ↩