Deuteronomy 32:39; Isaiah 49:21; Jeremiah 2:19; Luke 7:12; Matthew 22:25-27; Psalms 89:30-32
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 . left survivor.
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,...
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 ( Josh...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Elimelech and Naomi; Death of Elimelech and His Sons. B. C. 1312....
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘ 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...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 1:3 . And Elimelech … died. The conjunction seems to intimate shortly after his arrival. Certainly before th...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
Elimelech wnd Naomi in the Country of Moab
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...
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...
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.