women of valor ruth and esther. ruth during the time of the judges not a hebrew but a moabite...
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RuthDuring the time of the Judges
Not a Hebrew but a Moabite
Married a Hebrew husband who died
Returned to Israel with her mother-in-law Naomi
Ruth in IsraelReturned to Naomi’s hometown of
Bethlehem
Survived by gleaning the field of other farmers
Gleaning- farmers had to leave the corners for the poor
Naomi decides to play matchmaker
Levirate MarriageRuth gleaned the field of Boaz her
husband’s cousin
Naomi told Ruth to use the law of levirate marriage to marry him
Levirate marriage- the closest relative should marry a childless widow and raise a child in the name of the dead relative
Ruth and BoazBoaz wanted to
marry Ruth but their was another closer relative
Boaz gets permission to marry Ruth
Ruth is the great grandmother of King David
EstherUnique Book
One of only two books of bible to not mention God (Song of Solomon)
Only Old Testament Book not found in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Possibly the last Old Testament Book written
Queen EstherEsther wins a beauty contest to become
the next queen of Persia
Her uncle Mordecai tells her to keep her ethnicity a secret
The kings steward Haman decides he wants to kill all of the Jews (Mordecai refused to bow to him)
Haman’s PlanHaman got a drunk king to sign an edict
that said the anyone could kill a Jew without punishment
Mordecai found out and told Esther
Esther’s Counter PlanEsther invited Haman to eat with her and
the king
Esther has another dinner the next night
Haman thinks he is about to be honor and tells the king the best way he could honor someone
Mordecai instead gets honored because he had once saved the kings life
Haman’s DownfallAt the second meal Esther is told by the king he
will give her anything she wants
Esther tells him she wants to save the life of her people and tells the king everything
The king leaves angry and Haman falls on the couch by Esther and begs for his life
King returns and thinks Haman is trying to force himself on Esther
Haman is hung and the Jews are saved