Ruth 1:1-4
1 Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there.4 Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also.6 Naomi, returning homeward,8 dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her.14 Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her.19 They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received. the judges.Jud 2:16; 12:8ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.Ge 12:10; 26:1; 43:1; Le 26:19; De 28:23,24,38; 2Sa 21:11Ki 17:1-12; 18:2; 2Ki 8:1,2; Ps 105:16; 107:34; Jer 14:1Eze 14:13,21; Joe 1:10,11,16-20; Am 4:6Beth-lehem-judah.Jud 17:8; 19:1,2 Elimelech.The Rabbins say, that Elimelech was the son of Salmon, who married Rahab; and that Naomi was his niece. Naomi.20Mahlon.It is imagined, and not without probability, that Mahlon and Chilion are the same with Joash and Saraph, mentioned in 1 Ch 4:22. Ephrathites.Ge 35:19; 1Sa 1:1; 17:21; Mic 5:2continued. Heb. were. and she was.2Ki 4:1; Ps 34:19; Heb 12:6,10,11 they took.The Targum says, "they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to them strange women." wives.De 7:3; 23:3; 1Ki 11:1,2Ruth.Mt 1:5Ruth 4:10
have I.Ge 29:18,19,27; Pr 18:22; 19:14; 31:10,11; Ho 3:2; 12:12; Eph 5:25the name.De 25:6; Jos 7:9; Ps 34:16; 109:15; Isa 48:19; Zec 13:2ye are witnesses.Isa 8:2,3; Mal 2:14; Heb 13:4Ruth 4:17
the women.Lu 1:58-63Obed.That is, [douleuon,] serving, or a servant, as Josephus interprets it. 151 Samuel 14:47
Saul.13:1fought.2Ki 14:27Ammon.11:11; 12:2Zobah.2Sa 10:6; 1Ki 11:23
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