Ruth 2:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:21
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Ruth 3:12
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Ruth 3:2
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Matthew 1:5
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
1 Chronicles 2:10-12
And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-3)

Naomi had now gained a settlement in Bethlehem among her old friends; and here we have an account, I. Of her rich kinsman, Boaz, a mighty man of wealth, Ruth 2:1. The Chaldee reads it, mighty in the law. If he was both, it was a most rare and excellent conjunction, to be mighty in wealth and mighty in the scriptures too; those that are so are mighty indeed. He was grandson of Nahshon, who was prin…