Chilion

Gender: Male

Years: -1308 - -1308

Dictionary Text: The pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi, and husband of Orpah, Ruth’s sister;.

Family Members

• Father: Elimelech
• Mother: Naomi
• Siblings:
  • Mahlon

Verses

• Ruth 1:2: And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
• Ruth 1:5: And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
• Ruth 4:9: And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.