Ruth 1:3-6

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 1:6

Rth 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. Ver. 6. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law. ] Now she "heard the rod, and who had appointed it," Mic 6:9 saying, "He, he, come forth," Arise and he gone; "this is not your rest, for it is polluted." God’s corrections are vocal and disciplinary. Her daughters-in-law, moved by her virtues,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 1:3

and she was: 2 Kings 4:1, Psalms 34:19, Hebrews 12:6, Hebrews 12:10, Hebrews 12:11 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 1:4

they took: The Targum says, "they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to them strange women." wives: Deuteronomy 7:3, Deuteronomy 23:3, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:2 Ruth: Matthew 1:5 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 1:5

am 2696, bc 1308, An, Ex, Is, 183 Mahlon: Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 89:30-Jonah :, Jeremiah 2:19 died: The Targum adds, "And because they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people, therefore their days were cut off." and the woman: Isaiah 49:21, Matthew 22:25-Daniel :, Luke 7:12 Reciprocal: Ruth 1:8 - the dead Isaiah 47:9 - these two read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 1:6

visited: Genesis 21:1, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 4:31, 1 Samuel 2:21, Luke 1:68, Luke 19:44, 1 Peter 2:12 in giving: Genesis 28:20, Genesis 48:15, Exodus 16:4-Joshua :, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:15, Psalms 111:5, Psalms 132:15, Psalms 145:15, Psalms 146:7, Psalms 147:14, Proverbs 30:8, Isaiah 55:10, Matthew 6:11, 1 Timothy 6:8 Reciprocal: Psalms 65:9 - visitest Zechariah 10:3 - visited read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 1:4

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.Took wives — Either these were Proselytes when they married them, or they sinned in marrying them, and therefore were punished with short life, and want of issue. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 1:5

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.Was left of her two sons, and her husband — Loss of children and widowhood are both come upon her. By whom shall she be comforted? It is God alone that is able to comfort those who are thus cast down. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 1:6

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.Bread — That is, food; so she staid no longer there than necessity forced her. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:4

4. They took them wives “A kind of phrase,” says Kitto, “which usually occurs in a bad sense, as done without the concurrence of their parents, or not left so entirely to them as custom required.” Of the women of Moab The law condemned intermarriages with the Canaanitish tribes, but, inasmuch as Israel and Moab were descended from kindred ancestors, Abraham and Lot, not with the daughters of the Moabites, (Deuteronomy 7:3;) it commanded, however, that no Moabite, even to the tenth... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:5

5. The woman was left of her two sons and her husband That is, she alone remained of the family that came from Beth-lehem. They emigrated from the land of their people to escape the miseries of famine, but in the plenteous land of Moab death overtook them. The Targum and the Jewish writers generally regard these deaths as a judgment on the family of Elimelech for seeking comfort among idolaters, and intermarrying with them. Generally, those who are easily induced by losses or difficulties... read more

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