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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:1

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ruth 1:1. Now] Heb. ו vau, and. The same introcopula between all the books of the O. T. so far, except in the opening of Deuteronomy, which begins abruptly. Keil (1 Kings 1:1) says the use of this conjunction at the beginning of a writing is a sure sign of its connection with another book. It came to pass in the days when the judges ruled (judged). וֵיְהִי The imperfect with van consec, simply attaches itself to a completed action, which has either been mentioned... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-22

Ruth 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four chapters. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than three thousand years ago. I. Glancing back over the lines of this sweet and pure pastoral idyll, we feel that rarely did human story more impressively demonstrate the unspeakable worth of lowly folk, the fine and favourable issues of seemingly suppressed lives, the hidden wealth of true and... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Ruth 1:1

famine (See Scofield " :-") . Bethlehemjudah House of Bread and Praise. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-22

Shall we turn now to the book of Ruth?As we were studying the book of Judges last week, we pointed out that at the end of chapter sixteen, the end of the story of Samson, you actually came to the end of the history part of the book of Judges. What followed in chapter seventeen and onto the end were a couple of incidents, or scenes, that took place during the time of the Judges, just to show that it was a time of spiritual confusion and moral decay as far as the nation was concerned. When the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 1:1-22

Ruth 1:1 . When the judges ruled, about a hundred years before the birth of David. Famines were mostly occasioned by want of rain. Ruth 1:2 . Ephrathites; not Ephraimites, but of Ephrath, the old name of Bethlehem: Ruth 4:11. Genesis 35:19. The name of Elimelech’s wife was Naomi, beautiful. Ruth 1:20 . The Almighty. שׁדי Shaddai, the Almighty; the self-sufficient being can repair all my calamities. Ruth 1:22 . The barley harvest. See on Deuteronomy 11:14. REFLECTIONS. Famine... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:1

Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled.The transition from Judges to RuthLeaving the Book of Judges and opening the story of Ruth, we pass from vehement out-door life, from tempest and trouble, into quiet domestic scenes. After an exhibition of the greater movements of a people we are brought, as it were, to a cottage interior in the soft light of an autumn evening, to obscure lives passing through the cycles of loss and comfort, affection and sorrow. We have seen the ebb and flow of a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 1:1

Rth 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. The Book of Ruth. ] So, "The Book of Esther": not because these thrice worthy women - in whom, besides their sex, there was nothing woman like or weak - were the authors of those books, but the subject matter of them. Whether Samuel wrote this history of Ruth, or some other prophet, it... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 1:1

the judges: Judges 2:16, Judges 12:8 ruled: Heb. judged a famine: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 43:1, Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24, Deuteronomy 28:38, 2 Samuel 21:1, 1 Kings 17:1-2 Kings :, 1 Kings 18:2, 2 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 8:2, Psalms 105:16, Psalms 107:34, Jeremiah 14:1, Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 14:21, Joel 1:10, Joel 1:11, Joel 1:16-Proverbs :, Amos 4:6, Beth-lehem-judah, Judges 17:8, Judges 19:1, Judges 19:2 Reciprocal: Judges 17:7 - General 1 Samuel 22:3... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 1:1

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.In the land — Of Canaan. It must be early: for Boaz was born of Rahab. So Christ descended from two Gentile mothers. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:1

SOJOURN OF ELIMELECH’S FAMILY IN MOAB, Ruth 1:1-5. 1. When the judges ruled The age of the Judges extended from the death of Joshua’s generation unto the time of Samuel’s public resignation of his office at Gilgal, (1 Samuel 12:0,) when Saul was established king a period, according to the common chronology, of more than three hundred years. See Introduction to Judges. A famine in the land Perhaps that scarcity of food and suffering caused in the land of Israel by the seven years’... read more