Two Treasures Found in Sodom and the Roots of David

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 84:7

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

"Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found here" (Genesis 19:15). Two "found ones" [precious finds] came from these survivors: Ruth the Moabite and Naamah the Ammonite. As it is written, "I have found David My servant" (Psalms 89:21). Where did I find him? In Sodom. And it is written, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written concerning me" (Psalms 40:8).

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