Ruth 1:1-4
the judges Judg 2:16, Judg 12:8 ruled Heb. judged a famine Gen 12:10, Gen 26:1, Gen 43:1; Lev 26:19; Deut 28:23-24, Deut 28:38; 2Sam 21:1; 1Kgs 17:1-12, 1Kgs 18:2; 2Kgs 8:1-2; Ps 105:16, Ps 107:34; Jer 14:1; Ezek 14:13, Ezek 14:21; Joel 1:10-11, Joel 1:16-20; Amos 4:6, Beth-lehem-judah, Judg 17:8, Judg 19:1-2 Elimelech The Rabbins say, that Elimelech was the son of Salmon, who married Rahab; and that Naomi was his niece. Naomi Ruth 1:20 Mahlon It is imagined, and not without probability, that Mahlon and Chilion are the same with Joash and Saraph, mentioned in 1Chr 4:22. Ephrathites Gen 35:19; 1Sam 1:1, 1Sam 17:21; Mic 5:2 continued Heb. were and she was 2Kgs 4:1; Ps 34:19; Heb 12:6, Heb 12:10-11 they took The Targum says, "they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to them strange women." wives Deut 7:3, Deut 23:3; 1Kgs 11:1-2 Ruth Matt 1:5
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