Elimelech

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Elimelech
     God his king, a man of the tribe of Judah, of the family of the
     Hezronites, and kinsman of Boaz, who dwelt in Bethlehem in the
     days of the judges. In consequence of a great dearth he, with
     his wife Naomi and his two sons, went to dwell in the land of
     Moab. There he and his sons died (Ruth 1:2,3; 2:1,3; 4:3,9).


     Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Elimelech, my God is king