- Question 1: In what period of Bible history does the Book of Ruth take place? Ruth 1:1.
- Answer: The Book of Ruth takes place when the Judges were governing the tribes of Israel.
- Question 2: Who is the most important "main character" in the Book of Ruth?
- Answer: Yahweh, the God of Israel. God is referred to 23 times in the 85 verses of the book - more than any other character.
- Question 3: Ruth is the heroine of the Book of Ruth and was a native citizen of what pagan people? Ruth 1:4.
- Answer: Ruth was from the nation of Moab.
- Question 4: Who was Ruth's mother-in-law? Ruth 1:3-4.
- Answer: Ruth's mother-in-law was Naomi.
- Question 5: Ruth and her mother-in-law settled in what town in Israel? Ruth 1:7, 19.
- Answer: Ruth and Naomi settled in Bethlehem, a town belonging to the tribe of Judah.
- Question 6: In what season of the year did Ruth and Naomi return to Bethlehem? Ruth 1:22.
- Answer: They came to Bethlehem at the time of the barley harvest in the early spring.
- Question 7: Who did Ruth marry and to what tribe of Israel did this man belong?
- Answer: She married Boaz, a kinsman of Naomi from the tribe of Judah.
- Question 8: Who was Ruth's great-great grandson? Ruth 4:22.
- Answer: David, the first Judahite king of a united Israel.
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