⁴ So he left them with the king of Moab,^(A) and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

⁵ But the prophet Gad^(B) said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.^(C)

¹⁹ So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.^(A) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred^(B) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”