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Ruth 1:1-5
Ruth 1:1-5
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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housekeeper, forced by famine to remove into the land of Moab, ver. 1,
2. II. As a mournful widow and mother, bewailing the death of her
husband…Ruth 1 — OverviewRuth 1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeRuth 1:1, Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there; Ruth 1:4, Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also; Ruth 1:6, Naomi, returning homeward, Ruth 1:8, dissuades her two daughters-in-law from…Ruth 1 — OverviewRuth 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book is called Ruth, not because she was the author of it, but because she is the principal subject of it. In the Syriac and Arabic versions, it is called the Book of Ruth the Moabitess, which describes her by the…Ruth 1:1-5Ruth 1:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe first words give all the date we have of this story. It was in the
days when the judges ruled (v. 1), not in those disorderly times when
there was no king in Israel; but under which of the judges these things…Ruth 1:1Ruth 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNow it came to pass. Or, more literally, "And it came to pass." The "And" is somewhat remarkable, standing at the commencement of the Book. But as it is also found at the commencement of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,…Ruth 1:1Ruth 1:1 · The Pulpit Commentary"In the days when the judges ruled." This is the age in which the story happened which constitutes Ruth's history, beautiful as an epic, and touching as a pathetic drama of home life. The judges. Whether the earlier or…