Based on material in chapter 8 of Discovering the Bible by Alex
Varughese
Challenge: Can you unscramble these names from the Old Testament and match them with the clues below, even if you do not have the book?
aSul
anahHn
ashtaBhbe
avdDi
bmlAsoo
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
__________________________________________Israel's last judge, a priest and the first
of the prophets; this man stands between the era of judges and the era of statehood and
kingship
__________________________________________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
