In the days when the Judges ruled — “Judged.” This note of time, like that in Ruth 4:7, Judges 18:1, and Judges 17:6, indicates t…

When the judges ruled. —Literally, when the judges judged. This note of time is by no means definite. As we have seen, so…

That was a bad move on their part; Better poverty with the people of God, than plenty outside of the covenanted land.

Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled ,
and so forth.] So that it appears that this history is of t…

Elimelech's care to provide for his family should not be blamed; but his removal into the country of Moab could not be justified. And that removal …