Rut 1:1-4, 2Ki 8:1, Psa 37:3 | ESV | STEP | In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land , and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab , he and his wife and his two sons .

Ruth 1:1-4

Naomi Widowed

1 In the days ^awhen the judges ruled there was ^ba famine in the land, and a man of ^cBethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were ^dEphrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years,

2 Kings 8:1

The Shunammite’s Land Restored

1 Now Elisha had said to the woman ^ewhose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord ^fhas called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for ^gseven years.”

Psalms 37:3

3 ^hTrust in the Lord, and do good;
ⁱdwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. ^{▼▼Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture}