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- * the elders.
- # Ex 18:21,22 21:8 De 29:10 31:28 1Ki 21:8 Pr 31:23 La 5:14
- # Ac 6:12
- 15151
- * he said.
- # Ps 112:5 Pr 13:10
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- * I thought. Heb. I said I will reveal in thine ear. Buy it.
- # Jer 32:7-9,25 Ro 12:17 2Co 8:21 Php 4:8
- * before the inhabitants.
- # Ge 23:18 Jer 32:10-12
- * for there is none.
- # Le 25:25-29
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- * What day.
- Or rather, according to the emendations proposed by Houbigant
- and Dr. Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great
- many MSS. since collated, and agreeably to the ancient
- versions, "In the day thou purchasest the land from the hand
- of Naomi, thou wilt also acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife
- of the dead," etc. This is Boaz's statement of the case to
- his kinsman, before the people and elders.
-
- * to raise up.
- # 3:12,13 Ge 38:8 De 25:5,6 Mt 22:24 Lu 20:28
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- * I cannot.
- The Targum seems to give the proper sense of this passage: "I
- cannot redeem it, because I have a wife already; and it is not
- fit for me to bring another into my house, lest brawling and
- contention arise in it; and lest I hurt my own inheritance.
- Do thou redeem it, for thou has no wife; which hinders me from
- redeeming it."
-
- # 6
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- * a man plucked off.
- This custom does not refer to the law about refusing to marry
- a brother's widow, but was usual in the transfer of
- inheritances: for this relative was not a brother, but simply
- a kinsman; and the shoe was not pulled off by Ruth, but by the
- kinsman himself. The Targumist, instead of his shoe, renders
- "his right hand glove," it probably being the custom, in his
- time, to give that instead of a shoe. Jarchi says, "When we
- purchase any thing new, it is customary to give, instead of a
- shoe, a handkerchief or veil."
-
- # De 25:7-10
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- # 8
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- * Ye are witnesses.
- # Ge 23:16-18 Jer 32:10-12
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- * have I.
- # Ge 29:18,19,27 Pr 18:22 19:14 31:10,11 Ho 3:2 12:12 Eph 5:25
- * the name.
- # De 25:6 Jos 7:9 Ps 34:16 109:15 Isa 48:19 Zec 13:2
- * ye are witnesses.
- # Isa 8:2,3 Mal 2:14 Heb 13:4
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- * the Lord.
- # Ge 24:60 Ps 127:3-5 128:3-6
- * Rachel.
- # Ge 29:32-35 30:1-24 35:16-20 46:8-27 Nu 26:1-65
- * build.
- # De 25:9 Pr 14:1
- * do thou worthily. or, get thee riches, or power. Ephratah.
- # 1:2 Ge 35:16,19 Ps 132:6 Mic 5:2 Mt 2:6
- * be famous. Heb. proclaim thy name.
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- * the house.
- # Ge 46:12 Nu 26:20-22
- * whom.
- # Ge 38:29 1Ch 2:4 Mt 1:3
- * of the seed.
- # 1Sa 2:20
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- * A.M. 2697. B.C. 1307. An. Ex. Is. 184. Boaz.
- # 3:11
- * the Lord.
- # 12 Ge 20:17,18 21:1-3 25:21 29:31 30:2,22,23 33:5 1Sa 1:27
- # 2:5 Ps 113:9 127:3
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- * the women.
- # Lu 1:58 Ro 12:15 1Co 12:26
- * Blessed.
- # Ge 29:35 Ps 34:1-3 103:1,2 1Th 5:18 2Th 1:3
- * which hath.
- # Ge 24:27
- * left thee. Heb. caused to cease unto thee. kinsman, or,
- redeemer. that his.
- # 21,22 Ge 12:2 Isa 11:1-4 Mt 1:5-20
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- * a nourisher, etc. Heb. to nourish thy grey hairs.
- # Ge 45:11 47:12 Ps 55:22 Isa 46:4
- * for thy.
- # 1:16-18
- * better.
- # 1Sa 1:8 Pr 18:24
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- # 16
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- * the women.
- # Lu 1:58-63
- * Obed.
- That is, [douleuon,] serving, or a servant, as Josephus
- interprets it.
-
- # 15
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- * Pharez.
- # 1Ch 2:4-8 4:1 Mt 1:3 Lu 3:33
- * Phares, Esrom.
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- * begat Ram.
- # 1Ch 2:9,10 Mt 1:4 Lu 3:33
- * Aram, Aminadab.
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- * Nahshon.
- # Nu 1:7 Mt 1:4 Lu 3:32
- * Naasson. Salmon. or, Samlah.
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- * Salmon.
- # 1Ch 2:11
- * Salma.
- # Mt 1:5 Lu 3:32
- * and Boaz.
- # 1Ch 2:12 Mt 1:5 Lu 3:32
- * Booz.
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- * Jesse.
- # 1Sa 16:1 Isa 11:1
- * David.
- # 1Ch 2:15 Mt 1:6 Lu 3:31
-
-
-
- CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF RUTH.
-
- This book is evidently a supplement to the book of Judges, and
- an introduction to that of Samuel, between which it is placed
- with great propriety. In the ancient Jewish canon, it formed a
- part of the book of Judges; but the modern Jews make it one of
- the five Megilloth, which they place towards the end of the Old
- Testament. This book has been attributed to various authors;
- but the best founded and generally received opinion, and in
- which the Jews coincide, is that which ascribes it to the
- prophet Samuel; before whose time it could not have been
- written, as is evident from the genealogy recorded in ch.
- 4:17-22. The time in which the events detailed in this book
- happened is involved in much obscurity and uncertainty.
- Augustine refers it to the time of the regal government of the
- Hebrews; Josephus to the administration of Eli; Moldenhawer,
- after some Jewish writers, to the time of Ehud; Rabbi Kimichi,
- and other Jewish authors, to the time of Ibzan; Bps. Patrick and
- Horne to the judicature of Gideon; Lightfoot to the period
- between Ehud and Deborah; and Usher, who is followed by most
- chronologers, to the time of Shamgar. The authenticity and
- canonical authority of this sacred book cannot be questioned;
- and the Evangelists, in describing our Saviour's descent, have
- followed its genealogical accounts. To delineate part of this
- genealogy appears to be the principal design of the book; it had
- been foretold that the Messiah should be of the tribe of Judah,
- and it was afterwards revealed that he should be of the family
- of David; and therefore it was necessary, to prevent the least
- suspicion of fraud or design, that the history of that family
- should be written before these prophecies were revealed. And
- thus this book, these prophecies, and their accomplishment,
- serve mutually to illustrate each other. The whole narrative is
- extremely interesting and instructive, and is written with the
- most beautiful simplicity. The distress of Naomi; her
- affectionate concern for her daughter-in-law; the reluctant
- departure of Orpah; the dutiful attachment of Ruth; and the
- sorrowful return to Bethlehem, are very beautifully told. The
- simplicity of manners, likewise, which is shown in the account
- of Ruth's industry and attention to Naomi; of the elegant
- charity of Boaz; and of his acknowledgement of his kindred with
- Ruth, afford a very pleasing contrast to the turbulent scenes
- described in the preceding book. And while it exhibits, in a
- striking and affecting manner, the care of Divine Providence
- over those who sincerely fear God, and honestly aim at
- fulfilling his will, the circumstance of a Moabitess becoming an
- ancestor of the Messiah seems to have been a pre-intimation of
- the admission of the Gentiles into his church. It must be
- remarked, that in the estimation of the Jews, it was disgraceful
- to David to have derived his birth from a Moabitess; and Shimei,
- in his revilings against him, is supposed by them to have
- tauntingly reflected on his descent from Ruth. This book,
- therefore, contains an intrinsic proof of its own verity, as it
- reveals a circumstance so little flattering to the sovereign of
- Israel; and it is scarcely necessary to appeal to its admission
- into the canon of Scripture, for a testimony of its authentic
- character. Add to which, that the native, the amiable
- simplicity in which the story is told, is sufficient proof of
- its genuineness. There are several sympathetic circumstances
- recorded which no forger could have invented: there is too much
- of nature to admit any thing of art.
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- The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The First Book of
- the KINGS
-
- 1 Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at
- Shiloh.
- 4 He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by
- Peninnah.
- 9 Hannah in grief prays for a child.
- 12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her.
- 19 Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is
- weaned.
- 24 She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord.
-
- * Ramathaim-zophim.
- This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas,
- about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to
- modern travellers, about nine miles from Joppa and a league
- from Lydda, between which it is situated. It is built on a
- rising ground, on a rich plain, and contains about two
- thousand families.
-
- # 19 Mt 27:57
- * Arimathea. mount.
- # Jud 17:1 19:1
- * Elkanah.
- # 1Ch 6:25-27,34
- * Zuph.
- # 9:5
- * Ephrathite.
- # 17:12 Jud 12:5 Ru 1:2 1Ki 11:26
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- * two.
- # Ge 4:19,23 29:23-29 Jud 8:30 Mt 19:8
- * but.
- # Ge 16:1,2 25:21 29:31 Jud 13:2 Lu 1:7
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- * yearly. Heb. from year to year.
- # Ex 23:14,17 34:23 De 16:16 Lu 2:41
- * to worship.
- # De 12:5-7,11-14
- * Shiloh.
- # 9 Jos 18:1 Jud 18:31 Ps 78:60 Jer 7:12-14
- * And the.
- # 9 2:12-17,34 3:13 4:4,11,17,18
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- * offered.
- # Le 3:4 7:15 De 12:5-7,17 16:11
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- * a worthy portion. or, a double portion.
- The Hebrew phrase, {manah achath appayim,} is correctly
- rendered by Gesenius, {ein Stud fur zwei personen, doppelle
- Portion,} "a portion for two persons, a double portion;" for
- {aph} in Hebrew, and [prosopon] in Greek, which literally mean
- a face, are used for a person.
-
- # Ge 43:34 45:22
- * he loved.
- # Ge 29:30,31 De 21:15
- * shut up.
- # Ge 20:18 30:2
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- * adversary.
- # Le 18:18 Job 6:14
- * provoked her. Heb. angered her.
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- * year.
- # 2:19
- * when she. or, from the time that she. Heb. from her going
- up.
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- * why weepest.
- # 2Sa 12:16,17 2Ki 8:12 Job 6:14 Joh 20:13,15 1Th 5:14
- * am not.
- # Ru 4:15 Ps 43:4 Isa 54:1,6
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- # 3:3,15 2Sa 7:2 Ps 5:7 27:4 29:9
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- * in bitterness of soul. Heb. bitter of soul.
- # Ru 1:20 2Sa 17:8 Job 7:11 9:18 10:1 Isa 38:15 54:6 La 3:15
- * prayed.
- # Ps 50:15 91:15 Lu 22:44 Heb 5:7
- * wept sore.
- # Ge 50:10 Jud 21:2 2Sa 13:36 2Ki 20:3 Jer 13:17 22:10
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- * vowed.
- # Ge 28:20 Nu 21:2 30:3-8 Jud 11:30 Ec 5:4
- * look.
- # Ge 29:32 Ex 4:31 2Sa 16:12 Ps 25:18
- * remember.
- # 19 Ge 8:1 30:22 Ps 132:1,2
- * a man child. Heb. seed of men. I will give.
- Samuel, as a descendent of Levi, was the Lord's property, from
- twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies
- that he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to
- his death, and that he should not only act as a Levite, but as
- a Nazarite.
-
- * there.
- # Nu 6:5 Jud 13:5
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- * continued praying. Heb. multiplied to pray.
- # Lu 11:8-10 18:1 Eph 6:18 Col 4:2 1Th 5:17 Jas 5:16
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- * spake.
- # Ge 24:42-45 Ne 2:4 Ps 25:1 Ro 8:26
- * she had.
- # Zec 9:15 Ac 2:13 1Co 13:7
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- * How long.
- # Jos 22:12-20 Job 8:2 Ps 62:3 Pr 6:9 Mt 7:1-3
- * put away.
- # Job 11:14 22:23 Pr 4:24 Eph 4:25,31
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- * No, my Lord.
- # Pr 15:1 25:15
- * of a sorrowful spirit. Heb. hard of spirit. poured.
- # Ps 42:4 62:8 142:2,3 143:6 La 2:19
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- * a daughter.
- # 2:12 10:27 25:25 De 13:13
- * out of.
- # Job 6:2,3 10:1,2 Mt 12:34,35
- * complaint. or, meditation.
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- * Go.
- # 25:35 29:7 Jud 18:6 2Ki 5:19 Mr 5:34 Lu 7:50 8:48
- * the God.
- # 1Ch 4:10 Ps 20:3-5
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- * Let thine.
- # Ge 32:5 33:8,15 Ru 2:13
- * went her.
- # Ec 9:7 Joh 16:24 Ro 15:13 Php 4:6,7
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- * they rose.
- # 9:26 Ps 5:3 55:17 119:147 Mr 1:35
- * knew.
- # Ge 4:1
- * and the Lord.
- # 11 Ge 8:1 21:1 30:22 Ps 25:7 136:23 Lu 23:42
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- * when the time was come about. Heb. in revolution of days.
- Samuel. that is, Asked of God. Because.
- # Ge 4:25 5:29 16:11 29:32-35 30:6-21 41:51,52 Ex 2:10,22
- Mt 1:21
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- # 3 Ge 18:19 Jos 24:15 Ps 101:2
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- * then.
- # De 16:16 Lu 2:22,41,42
- * and there.
- # 11,28 2:11,18 3:1 Ps 23:6 27:4
- * for ever.
- # Ex 21:6 Le 25:23 Jos 4:7 Ps 110:4 Isa 9:7
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- * Do what.
- # Nu 30:7-11
- * the Lord.
- # 2Sa 7:25 Isa 44:26
- * son suck.
- # Ge 21:7,8 Ps 22:9 Mt 24:19 Lu 11:27
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- * A.M. 2839. B.C. 1165. An. Ex. Is. 326. she took.
- # Nu 15:9,10 De 12:5,6,11 16:16
- * three bullocks.
- The LXX., Syriac, and Arabic, read "a bullock of three years
- old;" which is probably correct, as we read (ver. 25) that
- they slew {eth happar,} "the bullock."
-
- * house.
- # 4:3,4 Jos 18:1
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- * brought.
- # Lu 2:22 18:15,16
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- * as thy soul.
- # 17:55 20:3 Ge 42:15 2Sa 11:11 14:19 2Ki 2:2,4,6 4:30
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- * For this.
- # 11-13 Mt 7:7
- * and the Lord.
- # Ps 66:19 116:1-5 118:5 1Jo 5:15
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- * lent him. or, returned him, whom I have obtained by
- petition, to the Lord.
- The word {hishilteehoo}, "I have lent him," is the {Hiphil}
- conjugation of {shuäl,} "he asked," (ver. 27,) and refers to
- the name of Samuel.
-
- * he shall be. or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall
- be returned. he worshipped.
- # Ge 24:26,48,52 2Ti 3:15
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- 1 Hannah's song in thankfulness.
- 12 The sin of Eli's sons.
- 18 Samuel's ministry.
- 20 By Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful.
- 22 Eli reproves his sons.
- 27 A prophecy against Eli's house.
-
- * prayed.
- # Ne 11:17 Hab 3:1 Php 4:6
- * My heart.
- # Lu 1:46,47-56 Ro 5:11 Php 3:3 4:4 1Pe 1:8
- * mine horn.
- # Ps 18:2 89:17 92:10 112:8,9 Lu 1:69
- * my mouth.
- # Ex 15:1,21 Jud 5:1,2 Ps 51:15 71:8 Re 18:20
- * I rejoice.
- # Ps 9:14 13:5 20:5 35:9 118:14 Isa 12:2,3 Hab 3:18
-