Rut 1:1-4, 4:10, 17, 1Sa 14:47 | TSK | STEP | Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there. Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also. Naomi, returning homeward, dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her. Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her. They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received. the judges. ruled. Heb. judged. a famine. Beth-lehem-judah.

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.

ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.

Beth-lehem-judah.

Elimelech.The Rabbins say, that Elimelech was the son of Salmon, who married Rahab; and that Naomi was his niece.

Naomi.

Mahlon.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.

continued. Heb. were.

and she was.

they took.The Targum says, "they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to them strange women."

wives.

Ruth.

have I.

the name.

ye are witnesses.

the women.

Obed.That is, [douleuon,] serving, or a servant, as Josephus interprets it.

Saul.

fought.

Ammon.

Zobah.