CHILION, the Son of Elimelech and Noami, of the City of Bethlehem in Judah, who, during a great famine, retired with his Father and Mother into the land of Moab, where he married a Moabite Woman, whose name was Orpah. He Ruth i. 1, 29. 2 Sam. xix. 37, 38.died sometime after in this Country, without leaving any Children behind him.
Library / Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged
Volume I · C
Chilion
Spotted an error in this section? Report it
To cite this page
Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Chilion,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/c/chilion/.