Ruth 1:5

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

left . left survivor.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. And Mahlon and Chilion died - The Targum adds,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ( Josh...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 p...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 troubl...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 be...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 pres...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. How reviving is the thought to the people of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 bo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elimelech and Naomi; Death of Elimelech and His Sons. B. C. 1312....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ 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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 1:3 . And Elimelech … died. The conjunction seems to intimate shortly after his arrival. Certainly before th...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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-fiel...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 . E...
The Biblical Illustrator

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;...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 com...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elimelech wnd Naomi in the Country of Moab
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them, Naomi thus having neither husband, sons, nor property, nor were there grandchildren. And the woman w...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:39 ; Isaiah 49:21 ; Jeremiah 2:19 ; Luke 7:12 ; Matthew 22:25-27 ; Psalms 89:30-32
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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 ye...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

⁵ And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Related Commentaries of Ruth 1:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ruth 1:5