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People of the Bible

Mahlon

Family

Born: Bethlehem

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Sickly, the elder of Elimelech the Bethlehemite’s two sons by Naomi. He married Ruth and died childless (Ruth 1:2, 5; 4:9, 10), in the land of Moab.

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

Named in 4 verses

Ruth: 1:2, 1:5, 4:9, 4:10

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.