⁵ both Mahlon and Kilion^(A) also died,^(B) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

⁶ When Naomi heard in Moab^(C) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people^(D) by providing food^(E) for them, she and her daughters-in-law^(F) prepared to return home from there. ⁷ With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.