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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(beauty). The Moabite wife of
Mahlon
and
Boaz
. The beautiful pastoral of Ruth, 8th of O. T. books, contains her
life
. It supplements
Judges
and prefaces
Samuel
, and traces the lineage of
David
.
Time
of
writing
and authorship are unknown.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This
book
is of great interest, giving, when
Israel
was nationally very low, a vivid
picture
of individual
piety
, as well as of courtesies in which in those days
God
-fearing men in various conditions in rustic
life
were not deficient. Ruth was a Moabitess, the wife of
Mahlon
, one of the sons of
Elimelech
and
Naomi
, who because of a
famine
in Israel had gone to sojourn in
Moab
. On the
death
of Elimelech and his sons, Naomi the widow returned to Bethlehem, accompanied by Ruth, who clave to her, declaring that Naomi’s God should be her God, and Naomi’s people should be her people.
In the
time
of
barley
harvest
Ruth went to glean in the field of
Boaz
, a near
kinsman
of Elimelech and a rich
man
. Boaz observed and was gracious to her. She continued thus during the barley and
wheat
harvests. On the barley being winnowed, Boaz, after
eating
and drinking, lay down in a barn; and Ruth, instructed by Naomi, went and lay down at his feet. On his awaking, she declared that he was a near kinsman. He owned to this, but said there was one nearer than himself. On the circumstances being made known to the latter, and on his declining to redeem the
inheritance
, Boaz redeemed all that had belonged to Elimelech and his two sons, and took Ruth to be his wife. She bare a
son
named
Obed
, the
father
of
Jesse
, the father of
David
.
Ruth is mentioned in
Matthew 1:5
5
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; (Matthew 1:5)
, and in her and in
Rahab
we have a Moabitess and a
woman
of
Canaan
in the genealogy of Christ. The genealogy reflects no honor on Israel after the
flesh
.
The
Book of
Ruth may be taken as having a prophetic force; Naomi may represent Israel separated by death from “God my king” (Elimelech), a widow and desolate among the
Gentiles
: Ruth, the
remnant
in which, on the ground of
mercy
, the nation will
bear
a son. Christ who as Israel’s kinsman has the right of
redemption
, will take their cause in hand and bring it to a glorious issue.
Related Books and Articles:
Meditations on Ruth and 1 Samuel
By:
Henri L. Rossier
Ruth: August 2015
Lectures Introductory to the Bible: 2. Earlier Historical Books
By:
William Kelly
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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