Bible crossword puzzle: 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, and Isaiah
TL;DR:
This crossword puzzle draws on Discovering the Bible and covers people in 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, and Isaiah. An image of the Great Isaiah Scroll, discovered at Qumran, illustrates the page.
"Great Isaiah Scroll" discovered at Qumran. Written in the second century BC and now housed in the Israel Museum, it is the largest and best preserved of the manuscripts found at Qumran.
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This puzzle draws on chapters 8, 9, and 13 of Discovering the Bible, edited by Alex Varughese and used in Introduction to Biblical Literature.
Can you solve this crossword puzzle even if you do not have Varughese's book?
ACROSS
1 -- The victor over the Philistine warrior Goliath who later became the second king
of Israel
4 -- First king over the northern tribes (Israel) after the division of the kingdom
7 -- Saul's son and good friend of David
8 -- The prophet who had the confrontation on Mt. Carmel with the prophets of
Baal
10 -- David's long-haired son who tried to take his father's throne
DOWN
2 -- Prophet at the time of kings like Hezekiah and Uzziah who prophesied about the coming Messiah
3 -- Solomon's son against whom the northern tribes rebelled after he followed some
bad advice
5 -- Wife of Uriah who became King David's wife after David caused the death of
her husband
6 -- King David's father
9 -- King who built the first Israelite Temple
11 -- First king of Israel
This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature. The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by what is now The Foundry.
