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Ruth 4:1 KJV
Ruth · chapter 4 · verse 1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.Ruth 4:1 · King James Version
Ruth 4:1 in context
1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kinsmangâʼalto be the next of kinH1350 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- asideçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- wentʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- BoazBôʻazBoaz, the ancestor of DavidH1162 →
- gateshaʻaran openingH8179 →
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Here, 1. Boaz calls a court immediately. It is probable he was himself one of the elders (or aldermen) of the city; for he was a mighty man of wealth. Perhaps he was father of the city, and sat chief; for he seems here to have gone up to the gate as one having authority, and not as a common person;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8