Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ruth 1:2
Verse Ruth 1:2. Elimelech] That is, God is my king.
Naomi] Beautiful or amiable.
Mahlon] Infirmity.
Chilion] Finished, completed.
Verse Ruth 1:2. Elimelech] That is, God is my king.
Naomi] Beautiful or amiable.
Mahlon] Infirmity.
Chilion] Finished, completed.
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...
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...
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)....
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
1:2 Elimelech, (c-8) Meaning, 'whose God is king.' Naomi, (d-15) Meaning, 'my pleasantness.'...
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...
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...
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...
וְ שֵׁ֣ם הָ אִ֣ישׁ אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ וְ שֵׁם֩
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...
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 _...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
ELIMELECH WND NAOMI IN THE COUNTRY OF MOAB...
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...
CONTINUED: _ Heb._ were...
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...
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,...
Ruth 1:2 name H8034 man H376 Elimelech H458 name H8034 wife H802 Naomi H5281 names H8034 two H8147 sons...
‘ 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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:1 Introduction: Naomi’s Family Dies. This brief introduction tells how Naomi lost her entire family. ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 17:21; Genesis 35:19; Micah 5:2; Ruth 1:20...
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...
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...