Benjamites destroyed. JUDGES, XXI. Benjamin's desolation bewailed. the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. ed behind them, and behold, the B. C. 1406. 11 flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 11 whole con sumption. e Lam. 1.3. 13 or, from Menuchah. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed:d for they saw that d Is. 13.8. evil 12 was come upon them. 33.14. 42 Therefore they turned their 12 touched. backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle è overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down 13 with ease 14 over against Gibeah toward the sun-rising. 14 unto over against. f Jos. 15.32. ICh.6.77. Zec. 14.10. ch.21.13. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eigh-g teen thousand men; all these were men of valour. 15 was found. found. 45 And they turned, and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock 16 were off Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the high-ways five thou-(CHAP. 21.) sand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. a ch.20.1,10. b1Sa. 14.28, 29. Rom. 10.2. c ch.20. 18,26, 46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. 47 But g six hundred men turnedd Ge.27.38. and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. 1Sa.30.4. e 2Sa.24.25. 4 And it came to pass on the mor- peace. row, that the people rose early,m ver.6. and e built there an altar, and ofn 1Ch.13.11. fered burnt offerings and peace offerings. 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath conceruing him that came not up to 15.13. Is.30.13. 58.12. o ver.1. from year to year. 6 And the children of Israel ƒ repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Isracl this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? 8 T And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead g to the assembly. 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Goh and smite the inedge of the sword, with the woinen habitants of Jabesh-gilead with the and the children. 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye i shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that 1 hath lain by man. 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young 2 virgins that had known no man by lying with any male; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, k which is in the land of Canaan. 13 And the whole congregation sent some 3 to speak to the children of Benjamin that I were in the rock Rimmon, and to 4 call peaceably unto them. 14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. 15 And the people repented m them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach n in the tribes of Israel. gregation said, How shall we do 16 T Then the elders of the con for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for o the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh 5 yearly, in a place which is on the Shiloh surprised. reserved not to each man his wifeq in the war for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, r and dwelt in them. 21 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and his family. and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days s there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own t eyes. The Book of RUTH. Year of the Creation, 2682....Year from the Flood, 1026....Year of the Exodus, 169.... Before Christ, 1322. B. C. 1322. a Ju.3.16. b Ju.17.8. it came to pass in the a days when the judges ruled,1 judged. 1 that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehemjudah b went to sojourn in the c Ge.35.19. country of Moab, he, and his wife, 2 were. and his two sons. Ex.4.31. Luke 1.68. e Ps. 132.15. 2 And the name of the man wasd Ge.50.25. Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathitesc of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and 2 continued there. 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. Mat.6.31 34. ƒ2Ti.1.16-18. g Ge.38.11. Deut.25.5. 3 or, were with. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died 4 hope. also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her hushand. 6 T Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab : for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited d his people in giving e them bread 5 I have much bit- hJu.2.15. Job 19.21. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD ƒ deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept. 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I 3 should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 13 Would ye 4 tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for 5 it grieveth me much for your sakes, that the 39.9,10. hand h of the LORD is gone out against me. 38.2. Orpah leaveth Naomi. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave i unto her. 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return 7 thou after thy sister-in-law. 16 And Ruth said, 6 Entreat me not to leave m thee, or to return from fellowing after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy n people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the o LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but p death part thee and | RUTH, II. Rutn in the field of Boaz. B. C. 1322. | that was set over the reapers Whose damsel is this? Pr. 17. 17. 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: k Ju.11.24. Jos.24.15. 6 Be not against me. m 2K1.2.2.6. Lu.24.28, 29. n ch.2.11,12. 1Sa.3.17. Ac.20.24. 9 Ac.21.14. strengthened herself. r Is.23.7. Lam.2.15. 8 that is, s Job 1.21. Booz, b Lev. 19.9. 2 happened. c Ps. 129.7,8. Luke 1.28. 2Th.3. 16. 21 I went out full, and the LORD s hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me. 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth a 1Ti.6.2. the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest. CHAPTER II. e Cant.1.7,8. f Ge.20.6. Pr.6.29. 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither e go from lience, but abide here fast by my maidens: 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them have I not charged the young men that they shall not touchf thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell g on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have f found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed meh all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The LORD recompense i thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou k art come to trust. 13 Then she said, 3 Let me find m favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken 4 friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 14 And Boaz said unto her, At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.n 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and 5 reproach o her not. 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not, Ruth's kindred RUTH, III, IV. 17 So she gleaned in the field until B. C. 1312. even, and beat out that she had gleaned and it was about an ephahp Ps.41.1. of barley. 2Sam.2.5. Job 29.13. 18 And she took it up, and went 9 ch.3.10. into the city: and her mother-inlaw saw what she had gleaned and she brought forth, and gave to herr 28a.9.1. that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed bep he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom 1 wrought to day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed a be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one 6 of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou s shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they 7 meet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept t fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheatharvest and dwelt with her mother-in-law. CHAPTER III. 1 By Naomi's instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz's feet. 6 or, that hath right to redeem, Le.25.25. & Cant.1.7,8. 7 or, fall not 1Co. 15.33. (CHAP, 3.) a 1Cor.7.36. 1Ti.5.8. b ch.1.9. c ch.2.8,23. d 2Sa.74.2. Ec.9.8. 1 or, lift up the clothes that are on. e Ju. 19.6,9, 22. 2Sa.13.28. Es. 1.10. Ec.8.15. 9.7. 10.19. THEN Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, ƒ Eze, 16.8. shall a I not seek rest b for thee, 3 or, one that it may be well with thee? that hath a right to redeem, ch.2.20. g ch.1.8. 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? c Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshing-floor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and d anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down toh Pr. 12.4. the floor but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and 1 uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou savest unto me I will do. 6 T And she went down unto the 31.10. i ch.4.1. k ch.4.5. Deut.25.5. Mat.22.24, 25. Jer.4.2. m Ro.14.16. 1Co. 10.32. 5 or, sheet, or, apron. acknowledged by Boaz. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, e he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 ¶ And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and 2 turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid spread ƒ therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art 3 a near kinsman. 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,g inasmuch as thou folTowedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest for all the 4 city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 12 And now, it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit, i there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part k of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. 14 T And she lay at his feet until the morning and she rose up before one could know another." And he said, m Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 15 Also he said, Bring the 5 vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me: for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. 18 Then said she, Sit n still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. CHAPTER IV. Boaz calleth into judgment the next kinsman. floor, and did according to all that Ps.37.3,5.Tand sat him down there her mother-in-law bade her. HEN went Boaz up to the gate, and 2 And he took ten men of the bb Ki.21.8. elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: 1 I said I will reveal in thine car. c Je.32.8,25. d Ge. 23.18. 4 And I thought to advertise e ch.3.13. thee, saying, Buyc it before d the f De.25.7-9. inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am after thee. h Ge. XXIX. And he said, I will redeem it. 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up e the name of the dead upon his inheritance. g Ps. 127.3. 123.3. XXX. 2 or, get thee riches, or, power. i Mi.5.2. 3 proclaim thy name. k Ge.38.29. 6 T And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem 1 Ge..20.17, thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. 18. 33.5. 7 Now this was the manner in m Ro.12.15. former time in Israel concerning 4 caused to redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. cease unto, or, redeemer. to nourish, Ge.45.11. Ps.55.22. 7thy gray hairs. n ISam. 1.8. 9 T And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, o Luke. 1.58. and all that was Chilion's and Mah-p Mat.1.3,&c. lon's, of the hand of Naomi. 7 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, q Nu.1.7. the wife of Mahlon, have I pur- 8 or, Salmah. chased to be my wife to raise up the name of the dead upon his inr 1Ch.2.15. heritance, that the name of the $269 He marrieth Ruth. dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORDg make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which twoh did build the house of Israel: and 2 do thou worthily in Ephratah, i and 3 be famous in Betli-lehem': 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar k bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. 13 T So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gavel her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And m the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not 4 left thee this day without a 5 kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and 6 a nourisher of 7 thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is bettern to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And o the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 T Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez p begat Hezron. 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, g and Nahshon begat 8 Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.r |