Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ruth Chapter 2
Overview
Rut 2:1, Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz; Rut 2:4, Boaz takes notice of her, Rut 2:8, and shews her great favour; Rut 2:18, That which she got, she carries to Naomi.
a mighty: Deu 8:17, Deu 8:18; Job 1:3, Job 31:25
Boaz: Boaz, according the Targumist, was the same as Ibzan. Rut 4:21; Jdg 12:8-10; Ch1 2:10-12; Mat 1:5; Luk 3:32, Booz
glean ears: Lev 19:9, Lev 19:16, Lev 23:22; Deu 24:19-21
gleaned: Th1 4:11, Th1 4:12; Th2 3:12
hap was: Heb. hap happened, Kg2 8:5; Est 6:1, Est 6:2; Mat 10:29; Luk 10:31
The Lord: Psa 118:26, Psa 129:7, Psa 129:8; Luk 1:28; Th2 3:16; Ti2 4:22; Jo2 1:10, Jo2 1:11
And they: Rut 4:11; Gen 18:19; Jos 24:15; Psa 133:1-3; Ti1 6:2
the servant: This seems to have been a kind of steward, who had the under- management of the estate. Gen 15:2, Gen 24:2, Gen 39:4; Mat 20:8, Mat 24:45
It is the: Rut 1:16, Rut 1:19, Rut 1:22
I pray: Pro 15:33, Pro 18:23; Mat 5:3; Eph 5:21; Pe1 5:5, Pe1 5:6
continued: Pro 13:4, Pro 22:29; Ecc 9:10; Rom 12:11; Gal 6:9
in the house: It seems that the reapers were now resting in a tent, erected for that purpose; and that Ruth had just gone in with them, to take her rest also.
my daughter: Sa1 3:6, Sa1 3:16; Kg2 5:13; Mat 9:2, Mat 9:22
abide: Mat 10:7-11; Phi 4:8
touch thee: Gen 20:6; Job 19:21; Psa 105:15; Pro 6:29; Co1 7:1; Jo1 5:18
go: Gen 24:18-20; Mat 10:42; Joh 4:7-11
Why have: Rut 2:2, Rut 2:13; Sa2 9:8, Sa2 19:28; Luk 1:43, Luk 1:48; Rom 12:10
seeing: Isa 56:3-8; Mat 15:22-28, Mat 25:35; Luk 7:6, Luk 7:7, Luk 17:16-18
all that: Rut 1:11, Rut 1:14-22; Psa 37:5, Psa 37:6
and how: Psa 45:10; Luk 5:11, Luk 5:23, Luk 14:33, Luk 18:29, Luk 18:30; Heb 11:8, Heb 11:9, Heb 11:24-26
recompense: Sa1 24:19; Psa 19:11, Psa 58:11; Pro 11:18, Pro 23:18 *marg. Mat 5:12, Mat 6:1, Mat 10:41, Mat 10:42; Luk 6:35, Luk 14:12-14; Col 2:18; Ti2 1:18, Ti2 4:8; Heb 6:10, Heb 11:6, Heb 11:26
wings: Rut 1:16; Psa 17:8, Psa 36:7, Psa 57:1, Psa 61:4, Psa 63:7, Psa 91:4; Mat 23:37
Let me find: or, I find favour, Gen 33:8, Gen 33:10, Gen 33:15, Gen 43:14; Sa1 1:18; Sa2 16:4
friendly: Heb. to the heart, Gen 34:3; Jdg 19:3
not like: Sa1 25:41; Pro 15:33; Phi 2:3
At mealtime: Job 31:16-22; Pro 11:24, Pro 11:25; Isa 32:8, Isa 58:7, Isa 58:10, Isa 58:11; Luk 14:12-14
dip thy morsel: Vinegar, robb of fruits, etc., are used for this purpose in the East to the present day; into which, says Dr. Shaw, they dip the bread and hand together.
parched: Sa1 17:17, Sa1 25:18; Sa2 17:28
she did: Deu 8:10, Deu 11:15; Kg2 4:43, Kg2 4:44; Mat 14:20
was sufficed: Rut 2:18; Psa 23:5
glean: The word glean comes from the French glaner to gather ears or grains of corn. This was formerly a general custom in England and Ireland. The poor went into the fields, and collected the straggling ears of corn after the reapers; and it was long supposed that this was their right, and that the law recognized it; but although it has been an old custom, it is now settled by a solemn judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, that a right to glean in the harvest field cannot be claimed by any person at common law. Any person may permit or prevent it on his own grounds. By the Irish Acts, 25; Henry VIII. c. 1, and 28; Henry VIII. c. 24, gleaning and leasing are so restricted as to be in fact prohibited in that part of the United Kingdom.
reproach: Heb. shame, Jam 1:5
Deu 24:19-21; Psa 112:9; Pro 19:17; Mat 25:40; Rom 12:13; Co2 8:5-11; Plm 1:7; Heb 6:10; Jo1 3:17, Jo1 3:18
she gleaned: Pro 31:27
ephah: Exo 16:36; Eze 45:11, Eze 45:12
she had reserved: Rut 2:14; Joh 6:12, Joh 6:13; Ti1 5:4
blessed: Rut 2:10; Psa 41:1; Co2 9:13-15
Boaz: Kg1 7:21
Blessed: Rut 3:10; Sa2 2:5; Job 29:12, Job 29:13; Ti2 1:16-18
hath not: Sa2 9:1; Pro 17:17; Phi 4:10
one of our: or, one that hath right to redeem, Rut 3:9, Rut 4:6; Lev 25:25; Deu 25:5-7; Job 19:25
Thou shalt: Rut 2:7, Rut 2:8, Rut 2:22; Sol 1:7, Sol 1:8
young men: The word hannearim should be translated the servants; both male and female being included in it, the latter especially (see note on Rut 2:8, see note on Rut 2:22, and see note on Rut 2:23).
Ruth: Ruth is said, by the Targumist, to have been the daughter of Eglon, king of Moab.
It is good: Pro 27:10; Sol 1:8
meet: or, fall not upon thee