Book of Ruth
A journey · 3 stops
See the journey on the mapBook of Ruth · −1120 – −1080
- 1. Bethlehem −1120 – −1119
In the days of the judges, famine strikes. Elimelech and Naomi leave Bethlehem with their two sons to live in Moab.
- 2. Moab −1118 – −1092
The sons marry Moabite women, Ruth and Orpah, then all the men die. Naomi turns for home, and Ruth will not leave her: your people shall be my people.
- 3. Bethlehem −1091 – −1080
At the barley harvest Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz, who marries her. Their son Obed will be the grandfather of King David.