Ruth is a book about a widow and her faithful daughter-in-law, who are rewarded for their faithfulness by God's provision. Naomi's daughter-in-law, Ruth, said "Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." Naomi needed a relative on her husband's side to "redeem" her husband's land and property in order to maintain their family name and estate. God provided Boaz, who was a relative and became interested in helping Ruth and Naomi. Before witnesses, Boaz announced that he would take Ruth as his wife and redeem the property of Elimelek and Mahlon. The Lord blessed Ruth further by giving her a son by Boaz, and the people said to Naomi: "Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

Hallelujah!

Judges 21 The Israelites mourned for their brethren Benjamite tribe, yet did not yield from their decision to prohibit any Israelite daughter to marry a Benjamite. Instead, they offered the surviving women from the conquered tribe of Jabesh Gilead and also suggested a plan for the remaining Benjamite men to take wives from the clan of Shiloh. The Israelites then left and went home to their own tribes an clans.

Judges 20
The other tribes of Israel came together to avenge the Benjamite men who raped and killed the wife of the Levite ( Judges 19). The men of Israel destroyed all the Benjamite men, animals, and livestock. They also set their towns on fire.

Judges 19 begins with "In those days Israel had no king". I'm supposing that this is a reminder again that these people are continuing to do whatever evil is in their heart with no regard to God. In this chapter, a Levite's wife was unfaithful to him and left him. He went after her and took her back, but then ran into trouble on the way back home. The couple end up staying with a nice old man who insisted on giving them shelter and provisions, but a group of wicked men arrived with perverse intentions. The old man tried to send the men away, but they raped and abused the Levite's wife and she eventually died the next morning. The chapter ends with a statement about how such evil things had never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt.

Judges 18
The people from the tribe of Dan were traveling and seeking a place to settle. "In those days, Israel had no king", so the Danites did whatever they pleased. When they came upon the land of Laish near Micah's estate, they encountered the Levite that Micah had hired to be his priest. The Levite blessed them saying, "Go in peace, for your journey has the Lord's approval". The Danites went to the house of Micah and took his ephod, household gods, his idols, and also persuaded the Levite priest to join them. Micah confronted the Danites, but could do nothing since they were too strong. The Danites took over the area, burned down the city of Laish, settled the land and rebuilt the city, naming it Dan, after their ancestor. The Danites set up for themselves the idols of Micah and Jonathon and his sons for their priests. It would seem that the Danites had no regard for the true God of Israel.