Atlas Biblica

    person

    Mahlon

    מַחְלוֹן

    Mahlon, the son of Elimelech and Naomi, married Ruth but died in Moab.

    verses
    4
    first named
    Ruth 1:2
    last named
    Ruth 4:10
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Mahlon?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mahlon was the son of Elimelech and Naomi from Bethlehem in Judah. He had a brother named Chilion. Due to a famine in Judah, Elimelech took his family to live in the country of Moab. There, Mahlon married a Moabite woman named Ruth. However, Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion all died in Moab, leaving Naomi and her daughters-in-law as widows. When Naomi decided to return to Judah, Ruth chose to go with her. In Bethlehem, Boaz, a relative of Elimelech, acted as a kinsman-redeemer. He married Ruth and bought the property that had belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon to maintain their inheritance (Rut.1.2, 5; 4.9, 10).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Mahlon9 of 9 entities the graph connects to Mahlon, in 3 groups: kinship 4, company 1, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.NaomiChild of · 20 versesRuthSpouse of · 2 events · 13 versesElimelechChild of · 6 versesChilionSibling of · 2 events · 3 versesKinshipMan’s residenceTook part in · 3 versesCompanyMoab1 event · 160 versesBethlehem1 event · 53 versesBoaz1 event · 23 versesOrpah1 event · 2 versesEventsMahlon

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Mahlon happensThe one place the claims about Mahlon reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Moab. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Mahlon there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Moab
    before Israel's MonarchyThe one place the claims about Mahlon reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 1 book.

    1. Ruth4 verses

      1:21:54:94:10

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Ruth and NaomiBoazKinsman-redeemer who married Ruth, ancestor of David and Jesusvia Ruth and NaomiDaughters In Law, LORD, and Naomi’s return of NaomiDaughters In Law, LORD, and Naomi’s return of Naomi is an event attested across 5 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Ruth and NaomiNaomi and Ruth’s enteringNaomi and Ruth’s entering is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Ruth and NaomiRuth Doing InstructionsRuth Doing Instructions is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Man’s residenceBethlehemCity of David's birth and Jesus' birth.via Man’s residenceMoabAncient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordanvia ChilionOrpahNaomi's daughter-in-law, stayed in Moabvia Man’s residenceResidenceResidence is a concept gathering 23 labelled instances in the text.via ElimelechSalmaSon of Hur, founder of Bethlehem

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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