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Ruth
Moabite
Description
A Moabite woman who showed steadfast loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi. Married Boaz and became great-grandmother of King David.
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No family relationships recorded.
Key Events
Life Event
A Moabite woman who showed steadfast loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi.
Life Event
Married Boaz and became great-grandmother of King David.
Scripture References
Ruth 1:16
“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God...”
Ruth 4:13
“So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.”
Related Artwork
Ruth and Boaz
Gustave Doré, 1866
Gustave Doré, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ruth and Naomi
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1860
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons