Judges, Ruth: Revised Edition (The NIV Application Commentary)

by K. Lawson Younger

Interestingly, the only human actors who are explicitly said to have exercised hesed are Orpah (once) (1:8) and Ruth (twice) (1:8; 3:10). Thus, ironically, Moabites (in particular Ruth) are the people who most clearly manifest hesed in this book.