a mighty: Deuteronomy 8:17-18; Job 1:3, Job 31:25
Boaz: Boaz, according the Targumist, was the same as Ibzan. Ruth 4:21; Judges 12:8-10; 1 Chronicles 2:10-12; Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:32, Booz
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Ruth 2:1
Ruth 2:1
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Ruth 2 — OverviewRuth 2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThere is scarcely any chapter in all the sacred history that stoops so
low as this to take cognizance of so mean a person as Ruth, a poor
Moabitish widow, so mean an action as her gleaning corn in a
neighbour's…Ruth 2 — OverviewRuth 2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeRuth 2:1, Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz; Ruth 2:4, Boaz takes notice of her, Ruth 2:8, and shews her great favour; Ruth 2:18, That which she got, she carries to Naomi.Ruth 2 — OverviewRuth 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter we have an account of Ruth's gleaning corn in the fields of Boaz, a relation of Naomi, Ru 2:1, and of Boaz coming to his reapers, whom he saluted in a very kind manner; and observing a woman gleaning…Ruth 2:1-3Ruth 2:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNaomi had now gained a settlement in Bethlehem among her old friends;
and here we have an account,
I. Of her rich kinsman, Boaz, a mighty man of wealth, v. 1. The Chaldee
reads it, mighty in the law. If he was…