BIBLE SUMMARY: RUTH
Book of Ruth Synopsis: Statistics And Summary of Main Topics.
Book of Ruth Chapter by Chapter Summary.
RUTH TOTAL CHAPTERS: 4
RUTH TOTAL VERSES: 85
TOTAL WORDS: 2,578
DATE WRITTEN: 1000 BC
AUTHOR: May be Samuel
RUTH THEME:
The power of loyalty in relationships, Biography Of David’s Great Grandmother.
MAJOR CHARACTERS:
Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz.
BOOK OF RUTH KEY VERSES:
1:16: But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
3:9: Who are you?’ he asked. ‘I am your servant Ruth,’ she said. ‘Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer.
4:17: The women living there said, ‘Naomi has a son.’ And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
RUTH SUMMARY
The book of Ruth is dated almost to the period of the Judges and is a story of romance, redemption, and loyalty. The sovereignty of God is manifest in the story of Ruth as how God in times of decline of His people preserved a seed in one of His servants that led to the birth of David and then to the birth of Jesus the Messiah. This is the story of Ruth the great-grandmother of David. Revolves around the hard time she faced s and her loyalty and devotion to Naomi, her Hebrew mother-in-law. Ruth patience and obedience brought her into the privileged lineage of Christ.
CHAPTER WISE SUMMARY:
Chapter# 1 – Naomi, an Ephraimite, lived in Moab. Her sons marry Moabites. Her husband and two sons died. Naomi returned to Bethlehem with her daughter in law, Ruth.
Chapter# 2 – Ruth Harvests in Boaz’s Fields. Naomi had a wealthy relative named Boaz. Boaz shows kindness to Ruth
Chapter# 3 – Naomi told Ruth to go and sleep at Boaz’s feet. She did so. Boaz said that he would marry her and gave her extra barley; Ruth returned back Bethlehem
Chapter# 4 – Boaz acts as a repurchaser. Redeemed the land and married Ruth. Ruth gave birth to Obed who was the father of Jesse, father of David.
