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Verse Ruth 1:5. _AND MAHLON AND CHILION 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 wer...
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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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LEFT. left survivor....
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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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AND THEY DIED. — Clearly as quite young men. It is not for us to say
how far those are right who see in the death of Elimelech and his sons
God’s punishment for the disregard of His law. Thus Naomi is...
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וַ יָּמ֥וּתוּ גַם ־שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם
מַחְלֹ֣ון וְ כִ
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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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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 MAHLON AND CHILION DIED ALSO BOTH OF THEM,.... As well as their
father, in the land of Moab, after they had lived with their wives in
it about ten years; the Targum is,
"because they transgressed...
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And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left
of her two sons and her husband.
Ver. 5. _And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them._] For a
further trial and exercise of Na...
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_The woman 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 who is able to comfort those who are thus ca...
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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 Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them, Naomi thus having
neither husband, sons, nor property, nor were there grandchildren. AND
THE WOMAN WAS LEFT OF HER TWO SONS AND HER HUSBAND. Thus God of...
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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 1:5 both H8147 Mahlon H4248 Chilion H3630 died H4191 (H8799)
woman H802 survived H7604 (H8735) two...
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‘ And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them, and the woman was left
by her two children and by her husband.'
The two sons also died. This may have been as a result of some
pestilence or illness, the ef...
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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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_Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them._
BEREAVEMENT A BLESSING
What a melancholy collapse it all had been! For those so dear to her,
death; for herself, solitude--the woman was left of her two s...
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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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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:5 Elimelech had no living brothers. A childless
widow such as Naomi would have faced an uncertain future, including
the lack of financial support.
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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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Deuteronomy 32:39; Isaiah 49:21; Jeremiah 2:19; Luke 7:12; Matt
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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...
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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....