Ruth 1:1
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| Overview - Ruth 1 | |
| 1 | Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there. |
| 4 | Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also. |
| 6 | Naomi, returning homeward, |
| 8 | dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her. |
| 14 | Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her. |
| 19 | They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received. |
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Ruth 1:1 (King James Version)
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
- the judges
- Judges 2:16 ; 12:8
- ruled
- Hebrew judged. a famine.
- Genesis 12:10 ; 26:1 43:1 Leviticus 26:19 ; Deuteronomy 28:23 Deuteronomy 28:24 Deuteronomy 28:38 ; 2 Samuel 21:1
- 1 Kings 17:1-12 ; 18:2 2 Kings 8:1 2 Kings 8:2 ; Psalms 105:16 ; 107:34 Jeremiah 14:1
- Ezekiel 14:13 Ezekiel 14:21 ; Joel 1:10 Joel 1:11 Joel 1:16-20 ; Amos 4:6
- Beth-lehem-judah
- Judges 17:8 ; Judges 19:1 Judges 19:2