Conquest and Judges
- When
- In the days of the judges
- Written by
- Unknown
- Chapters
- 4
The big idea
A Moabite widow clings to her mother-in-law and to Israel’s God. Through Boaz’s kindness she becomes the great-grandmother of King David.
Themes
- God’s hidden providence
- Loyal love
- The kinsman-redeemer
- The outsider welcomed
Memory verse
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Key passages
- 1:16–17Wherever you go
- 2Ruth in Boaz’s field
- 3The threshing floor
- 4:13–22The line of David
Links to other Scripture
- Matthew 1:5Ruth in the line of Christ
- Ephesians 2:12–13Strangers brought near
- Leviticus 25:25The law of the redeemer
- Galatians 4:4–5Redeemed to be sons
Read the text
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Notes from
Chapters
King James text and the commentaries of Henry, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Gill, Clarke, Calvin, and Keil and Delitzsch are in the public domain. Tyndale Open Study Notes are used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license, from tyndaleopenresources.com. Texts were reformatted for this site.
Journal prompts
Keep a journal or notebook for your study. Write your answers there, in your own words.
- Where do you see Christ in this book?
- Ruth stayed when leaving would have been easier. Who has stayed with you, and who might you stay with?
- Nothing in Ruth looks like a miracle, but God is at work the whole time. Where might he be working quietly in your life?
- Boaz redeemed what Ruth could not buy back. What do you need someone to redeem for you?
- In one sentence, this book is about…