“ And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. ”
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...
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. Elimelech - died - Probably a short time after his arrival in Moab.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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,...
NAOMI'S BURDEN Ruth 1:1-13 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...
Back to Bethlehem Ruth 1:1-14 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...
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 imp...
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 transgressi...
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 show...
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...
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...
Elimelech and Naomi; Death of Elimelech and His Sons. B. C. 1312. 1 Now it came to pass...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘ 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...
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,...
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 t...
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...
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...
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...
Elimelech wnd Naomi in the Country of Moab
2 Kings 4:1 ; Hebrews 12:10 ; Hebrews 12:11 ; Hebrews 12:6 ; Psalms 34:19
Ruth and Orpah Ruth 1:1-17 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....