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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Ruth 1:2

Ephrathites; so called, because this Beth-lehem is otherwise called Ephrath or Ephratah, Genesis 35:19 Micah 5:2; either from Caleb's wife of that name, 1 Chronicles 2:19, 1 Chronicles 4:4, or from the fertility of the soil about it; which title may therefore be used here, to show the greatness of the famine, which affected even fertile parts. Of Bethlehem-Judah: See Poole on "Judges 17:7". Continued there, to wit, during the famine.

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See also Ruth 1:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ruth 1:2. _ELIMELECH_] That is, _God is my king_. _NAOMI_] _Beautiful_ or _amiable_. _MAHLON_] _Infirmity_. _CHILION_] _Finished, completed_....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Story of Naomi: Orpah and Ruth _ 1. Naomi and her sorrows (Ruth 1:1)_ 2. The return (Ruth 1:6) 3. Orpah turning back, Ruth cleaving (Ruth 1:14) 4. Naomi and...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    RUTH AND NAOMI. Bethlehem ceased for a time to be what its name signified a house of bread. Under stress of famine Elimelech, with his wife Naomi, left his Judæ an home, and went to sojourn in the lan...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ELIMELECH. My God is king. NAOMI. My pleasant one. Mahlon. Sick. CHILION. Pining. EPHRATHITES. Ephrath was the ancient name of Beth-lehem, where Rachel was buried (Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Elimelech_ i. e. _God_, or _my God, is king_; an ancient name in S. Palestine, occurring in the Amarna tablets, Ilu-milki 179, 36; 151, 45, though the form _Milk-ilu_is commoner; in Phoenician we fin...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE NAME OF THE MAN WAS ELIMELECH— That is, _God is my king._ According to the Jews, he was a man of great wealth and dignity: his wife's name was _Naomi; 1:_e. _amiable, agreeable;_ see Ruth 1:20. If...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Ruth Comes to Bethlehem Ruth 1:1-22 _Introduction to the Life and Times of Ruth 1:1-7_ 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE NAME OF THE MAN WAS ELIMELECH, AND THE NAME OF HIS WIFE NAOMI, AND THE NAME OF HIS TWO SONS MAHLON AND CHILION, EPHRATHITES OF BETHLEHEMJUDAH. AND THEY CAME INTO THE COUNTRY OF MOAB, AND CONT...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 Elimelech, (c-8) Meaning, 'whose God is king.' Naomi, (d-15) Meaning, 'my pleasantness.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EXILE AND THE RETURN OF NAOMI 1. Beth-lehem-judah] two hours' journey S. of Jerusalem, is to be distinguished from Bethlehem in Zebulun (Joshua 19:15). It was but a short distance from Moab, which...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. JESUS SAID, ‘THE SON OF MAN CAME TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO *REDEEM MANY PEOPLE’ (MATTHEW 20:28). (‘SON O...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NAOMI. — The name is derived from the Hebrew root meaning _to be pleasant_ (see below, Ruth 1:20). Mahlon and Chilion mean _sickness_ and _wasting,_ it may be in reference to their premature death, th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ שֵׁ֣ם הָ אִ֣ישׁ אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ וְ שֵׁם֩

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NAOMI'S BURDEN Ruth 1:1 LEAVING the Book of Judges and opening the story of Ruth we pass from vehement outdoor life, from tempest and trouble into quiet domestic scenes. After an exhibition of the gr...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BACK TO BETHLEHEM Ruth 1:1 It was a mistake for Elimelech and his family to have left Bethlehem; God would have sent them bread. The path became darker and darker. Mahlon means _Pining_ and Chilion _...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Book of Ruth stands in striking contrast to the Book of Judges and yet is closely connected with it. In Judges the national outlook has been presented and so dark has it been as to create the impr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Elimelech. Josephus and others read erroneously, Abimelech. He was probably called also Jokim, 1 Paralipomenon iv. 22. --- Ephrathites. This title often designates people of the tribe of Ephraim; (Ju...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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 so...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. W. Kelly. That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is actually found must have been felt by the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in the o...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE NAME OF THE MAN WAS ELIMELECH,.... Which signifies "my God is King", as he was King over Israel. In the times of the judges, the government was a theocracy; the judges were raised up immediate...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and con...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah_ Bethlehem was otherwise called Ephratha. _Naomi_ signifies _my amiable_ or _pleasant_ one; _Mahlon_ and _Chilion_ signify _sickness_ and _consumption._ Probably they...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Elimelech driuen by famine into Moab, dieth there. 4 Mahlon and Chilion, hauing married wiues of Moab, die also. 6 Naomi returning homeward, 8 disswadeth her two daughters in law from going with...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah, natives of the region, Ephratah being the ancien...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ELIMELECH WND NAOMI IN THE COUNTRY OF MOAB...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF FAMINE (vv. 1-5) A famine was in the land of Israel. Why? Because the literal famine was to draw attention to the spiritual famine that came before it, a famine for hearing the...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CONTINUED: _ Heb._ were...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Elimelech's care to provide for his family, was not to be blamed; but his removal into the country of Moab could not be justified. And the removal ended in the wasting of his family. It is folly...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ruth 1:2 name H8034 man H376 Elimelech H458 name H8034 wife H802 Naomi H5281 names H8034 two H8147 sons...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and c...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    RUTH 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. 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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Naomi departs from Moab and returns with Ruth to Bethlehem. CHARACTERS: God, Naomi, Ruth, Orpah, Elimelech, Mahlon, Chilion. CONCLUSION: When we take God for our Father we must take His pe...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 na...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They came into the country of Moab, and continued there._ LESSONS FROM THE CONDUCT OF ELIMELECH AND NAOMI 1. Learn from the change in the circumstances of Naomi’s husband not to trust in the uncert...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:1 Introduction: Naomi’s Family Dies. This brief introduction tells how Naomi lost her entire family. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:2 This verse lists the clan (EPHRATHITES), city (BETHLEHEM), and tribal territory (JUDAH) of the family (see note on 4:11; see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— _Ruth 1:2_. AND THE NAME OF THE MAN (WAS) ELIMELECH. A descendant of Nahshon mentioned in connection with the erection of the tabernacle (Numbers 1:7). According to Jew...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RUTH 1:1 NOW 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 commence...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 17:21; Genesis 35:19; Micah 5:2; Ruth 1:20...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    RUTH AND ORPAH Ruth 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have before us today the story of two characters which were alike in many particulars, and yet, so vitally different and distinct in others. 1. THE TWO...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ephrathites — Bethlehem was otherwise called Ephratha. Naomi signifies my amiable or pleasant one: Mahlon and Chilon signify sickness and consumption. Probably they were sickly children, and not likel...

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