SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF RUTH
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #5 THE AGE OF THE JUDGES OF ISRAEL
THE BOOK OF RUTH |
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| FOCUS | RUTH'S OBEDIENCE AND LOVE
DEMONSTRATED |
RUTH'S OBEDIENCE AND LOVE REWARDED | ||
| THE COVENANT | THE SINAI COVENANT | |||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1 |
1:19 |
3:1 |
4:1–22 |
| DIVISION | Ruth's decision to stay with Naomi | Ruth's obedience and devotion to Naomi | Ruth's request for redemption through her kinsman Boaz | Ruth's reward of redemption by her kinsman |
| TOPIC | RUTH AND NAOMI | RUTH AND BOAZ | ||
| Naomi's family destroyed: death of Naomi's husband and sons in Moab | Ruth unites herself to Naomi and travels to Israel | Boaz becomes Kinsman Redeemer for Naomi and Ruth | Naomi's family restored: Birth of Obed, son of Ruth and Boaz | |
| LOCATION | MOAB | FIELDS OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA | THRESHING FLOOR OF BETHLEHEM | BETHLEHEM |
| TIME | about 12 YEARS ? | |||
TIME LINE (BC)
——————————————————————————UNITED KINGDOM———————————DIVIDED KINGDOM
Northern Kingdom: Israel
Southern Kingdom: Judah
| 1300 BC | 1200 BC | 1100 BC | 1050 BC | 1000 BC | 930 BC | 722 BC |
| Conquest of Canaan— | —The Judges— | —SAUL—
RUTH and BOAZ |
—DAVID and REHOBOAM— | SOLOMON builds the temple | Assyria/Civil War destroys
Northern Kingdom |
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