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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...
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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...
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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...
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_AND ELIMELECH NAOMI'S HUSBAND DIED; AND SHE WAS LEFT, AND HER TWO
SONS._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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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...
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וַ יָּ֥מָת אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ
נָעֳמִ֑י וַ תּ
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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...
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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 _...
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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...
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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.
What miseries spring out of original transgression...
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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...
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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...
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AND ELIMELECH, NAOMI'S HUSBAND, DIED,.... According to Josephus x,
after he had dwelt in the land ten years, and had married his two sons
to Moabitish women; but, as Alshech observes, the text shows t...
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And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two
sons.
Ver. 3. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died.] Her head was cut off,
her root uncovered. _Mulier vel hoc solo nomine misera est q...
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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...
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ELIMELECH WND NAOMI IN THE COUNTRY OF MOAB...
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And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left and her two
sons. The first affliction which befell her was that her husband died
in the strange country....
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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...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ruth 1:3 Elimelech H458 Naomis H5281 husband H376 died H4191 (H8799)
left H7604 (H8735) two H8147 sons...
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‘ And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left, and her
two sons.'
We are not told how long they had been in Moab before Elimelech died,
but his death must have been a cruel blow to the fam...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Elimelech, Naomi’s husband died._
THE DEATH OF ELIMELECH
He went first from Israel, the land of the living, and led them
thence, and so he now goeth out of the world before them.
I. Death is the en...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:1 Introduction: Naomi’s Family Dies. This
brief introduction tells how Naomi lost her entire family.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Ruth 1:3. AND ELIMELECH … DIED. The conjunction seems to intimate
shortly after his arrival. Certainly before the marriage of his sons.
Josephus thinks, however, towar...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 4:1; Hebrews 12:10; Hebrews 12:11; Hebrews 12:6; Psalms 34:19
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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...