Matthew Poole and continuators on Ruth 1:1

NOw it came to pass in the days when the Judges Ruled , that there was a famine in the land : and a certain man of Bethlehem-Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab , he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Which is noted as the cause of the following Famine, because in much of that time they were guilty of great defection from God. But under which of the Judges this happened, Scripture being silent, it seems presumptuous to determine; nor is it necessary to know what is said about this matter from the Genealogy mentioned, Chap. 4. 18, &c. it will be most proper to consider it there.

Or, in that land; to wit, of Canaan.

A Fruitful Land, beyond Iordan, Eastward.

Marginal references: Heb. judged.; 2 King. 8. 1.