Mahlon

Mahlon was the elder son of Elimelech and Naomi of Bethlehem who emigrated to Moab during a famine and married the Moabite woman Ruth (Ruth 1:2–5; 4:9–10). He died in Moab along with his father and brother Chilion, leaving Ruth a widow who chose to return to Bethlehem with her mother-in-law. Boaz's redemption of Ruth included 'acquiring' Mahlon's widow and perpetuating his name in the inheritance—an act of kinsman-redeemer faithfulness that placed Ruth in the Davidic ancestral line (Ruth 4:10, 17).