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1250 BC – 1170 BC
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1250 BC1170 BC
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A woman of Bethlehem who lost her husband and both sons during a sojourn in Moab, leaving her destitute and bitter. She famously told her townswomen, 'Call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me' (Ruth 1:20). Yet through her wise guidance, her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth married Boaz, and Naomi became the nurse of their son Obed — grandfather of King David. Her story illustrates how God redeems suffering and weaves foreign women into the messianic line.
A woman of Bethlehem who lost her husband and both sons during a sojourn in Moab, leaving her destitute and bitter.
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