gleaned: 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12; 2 Thessalonians 3:12
hap was: Heb. hap happened, 2 Kings 8:5; Esther 6:1-2; Matthew 10:29; Luke 10:31
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Ruth 2:3
Ruth 2:3
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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…Ruth 2:3Ruth 2:3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd she went, and came,.... That is, she went out of the house where she was, and out of the city, and came into the field; though, according to the Midrash , she marked the ways as she went, before she entered into the…