Based on material in chapter 8 of Discovering the Bible by Alex
Varughese
Challenge: Unscramble these Old Testament names, then match each name to a clue below. You can try it even without the textbook.
aSul
anahHn
ashtaBhbe
avdDi
bmlAsao
hatNna
liE
lmaeSu
otahanJn
sesJe
__________________________________________The man whom Samuel anointed as
Israel's first king
__________________________________________The second king of Israel who was
referred to as a man "after God's own heart"; our textbook said he was the king during Israel's
"golden years"
__________________________________________David's son who killed his brother Amnon in retaliation for the rape of their sister Tamar and who later tried to wrest the throne from his father
__________________________________________Saul's son who was a close friend of
David
__________________________________________A judge and prophet who anointed Israel's first two kings
__________________________________________Mother of Samuel who had made a vow
to God that if He would give her a son, she would consecrate that son as a Nazarite
__________________________________________A priest who had two evil sons.
__________________________________________The woman with whom David
committed adultery; the second son that David fathered with her was named Solomon
__________________________________________The prophet who confronted David
about his sins in the affair with Bathsheba
__________________________________________Father of King David
