Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Arne Halbakken <1stluth AT smig.net>]

At 12:00 PM -0400 6/18/06, b-hebrew-request AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> Dear George,
>
> The Talmud (if its really important I'll look up the source) says that Ruth
> was the daughter of Eglon king of Moab. Would you think that David would be
> descended from just ANY Moabitess? :-)
>
> Yigal

I'm not sure about the Talmud, but "daughter of Eglon king of Moab" 
is mentioned in a targum of Ruth 1:4.

Arne Halbakken