NAOMI

1350 BC - 1250 BC

• Name	NAOMI
  Birth	1350 BC
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mara
  _UID	346475BA4D7613469094772C4861FFBD0F06
  Death	1250 BC
  Notes	Personal name meaning, my delight. Wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law to Orpah and Ruth (Ruth 1:2, 4). Naomi suffered the deaths of her husband and two sons while in Moab. Her matchmaking between Ruth and Boaz was successful, and she became a forebear of David, Israel’s greatest king (Ruth 4:21-22). She was also known as Mara, a name that Naomi called herself due to her calamities. mara (1) [bitterness] Ruth 1:20 naomi (20) [my delight] Ruth 1:2, Ruth 1:8, Ruth 1:11, Ruth 1:19-22 (4), Ruth 2:1-2 (2), Ruth 2:6, Ruth 2:20 (2), Ruth 2:22, Ruth 3:1, Ruth 4:3, Ruth 4:5, Ruth 4:9, Ruth 4:14, Ruth 4:16-17 (2) naomi’s (1) Ruth 1:3
  Person ID	I602	z-Bible Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2012

  
  

  Family	ELIMELECH,   b. 1360 BC   d. 1260 BC
  Children	1. MAHLON,   b. 1330 BC   d. 1230 BC   2. CHILION,   b. 1325 BC   d. 1225 BC
  Family ID	F507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2019

  
  

• Photos

  Ruth, Naomi and Obed by Simeon Solomon 1860 Pen and brown ink over pencil on paper. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery