Bible crossword puzzle: 1 Kings, Amos, Hosea and Micah
Crossword puzzle from Scripture: Draws on material in chapters 9 and 15 of
Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese, a textbook for Introduction to Biblical
Literature
Bible reading for this assignment: 1 Kings 12-14, 17-19, 21; 2 Kings 1-7; Amos 1-9; Hosea
1-3, 11-14; Micah 7
Challenge: Can you solve this crossword puzzle even if you do not have the book by
Varughese?
ACROSS
- 1 -- A prophet whose marriage problems reveal something about God's love
- 5 -- A wicked queen who encouraged the worship of Baal and Asherah
- 6 -- The man who was stoned to death because he wouldn't give his vineyard to the
king
- 8 -- Solomon's son against whom the northern tribes rebelled after he followed some
bad advice
- 9 -- Shepherd-turned-prophet who was very upset over how the rich and powerful
were mistreating the orphans and widows and other needy people
DOWN
- 2 -- The prophet who had the confrontation on Mt. Carmel with the prophets of
Baal
- 3 -- First king over the northern tribes (Israel) after the division of the Kingdom
- 4 -- He asked for and received a double portion of the spirit of a great prophet
- 7 -- One of Israel's most wicked kings (whose wife instigated a lot of the
wickedness!)
This crossword puzzle was created for use in 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 Beacon Hill Press of
Kansas City, now called The Foundry.
-- Howard Culbertson,
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