("those who returned to Lahem".) A place on the W. of Judah, named among Shelah's descendants by Bathshua the Canaanitess (1 Chronicles 4:22). The Jewish doctors explained the name in this verse as "Naomi and Ruth" who returned from "Moab" to bread (lechem ) or Bethlehem; the "ancient things" or "words" answer to the book of Ruth which records concerning them.