In those days, there was no king in Israel, but God hadn't forgotten. Through one unlikely couple's following of the Lord, redemption was found in Bethlehem.
Ruth 2:12
12 The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ru 2:12.