BOAZ
Notable and rich personage from Bethlehem, from the family of Elimelech (Rt. 2:1), Ruth’s husband, who married her when she became a widow, taking advantage of the provisions and the right granted to him by the law of the levirate (Rt. 2-4; Mt. 1:5; Luke 3:32). As an ancestor of David, he is one of the ancestors of Christ.