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People of the Bible

Chilion

Family

Born: Bethlehem

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi, and husband of Orpah, Ruth’s sister (Ruth 1:2; 4:9).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 3 verses

Ruth: 1:2, 1:5, 4:9

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.