Ruth and Boaz
~1120 BCE (traditional) · Event
The Book of Ruth: a Moabite widow pledges herself to Naomi — "whither thou goest, I will go" — gleans in the fields of Bethlehem, marries Boaz and becomes great-grandmother to King David.
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