Bible Crossword
Across
- 3. The large copper vessel used by the priests for washing themselves in the courtyard of Solomon’s temple was called this because of the large quantity of water it could contain (2 Chronicles 4:6)
- 4. The king of this city attacked the Israelites as they approached Canaan and took some of them captive (Numbers 21:1)
- 5. During the wilderness wandering, he was placed “over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali” (Numbers 10:27)
- 7. One of the seven sons of Noah’s son Japheth (Genesis 10:2)
- 10. A city in the mountainous region of Judah (Joshua 15:49)
- 11. Paul encountered these Greek philosophers when he was preaching in the marketplace at Athens (Acts 17:16-21)
- 14. This broke out in heaven following the birth of the Kingdom (Revelation 12:7)
- 15. Situated farther within (Acts 16:24)
- 20. This descendant of Judah was an ancestor of David (1 Chronicles 2:11)
- 21. Calling the scribes and the Pharisees this, Jesus mentioned that they “strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel” [2 words] (Matthew 23:24)
- 22. By means of this standard Hebrew weapon, Phinehas pierced through both Zimri and Cozbi and brought a halt to the scourge that killed 24,000 Israelites on the Plains of Moab [footnote] (Numbers 25:6-15)
- 24. At this site David’s men twice struck down giant Philistine warriors (2 Samuel 21:18, 19)
- 25. Battle (Numbers 31:14)
- 27. Borne or put on (Luke 8:27)
- 28. This king of Syria cleared out the Jews from the Judaean city of Elath, frightening King Ahaz into turning to Assyria for help (2 Kings 16:6, 7)
- 31. While in Hebron, this wife of David bore him a son named Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5)
- 32. This large wild animal is mentioned only once in the Scriptures (Psalm 80:13)
- 35. When Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite for 400 silver shekels, he intended to use it as this [2 words] (Genesis 23:17, 19, 20)
- 36. Incapable (Acts 21:34)
- 37. Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
Down
- 1. This fragrant shrub is mentioned only in The Song of Solomon (Song of Solomon 1:14; 4:13; 7:11)
- 2. The channel that brought water to a pool near the King’s Garden (Nehemiah 3:15)
- 4. A town from which Joshua expelled the giant Anakim (Joshua 11:21)
- 6. Used in the Bible to symbolize the authority of parents over their children (Proverbs 29:15)
- 8. Answerable (Matthew 5:21)
- 9. Joseph’s missing cup was found in this possession of Benjamin (Genesis 44:12)
- 12. Among the things that Agur found too wonderful to comprehend was the way of this bird in the heavens (Proverbs 30:18, 19)
- 13. Moved by feeling this for a man suffering from leprosy, Jesus said: “I want to. Be made clean” (Mark 1:40, 41)
- 16. He was one who attested by seal to Nehemiah’s “trustworthy arrangement” (Nehemiah 9:38; 10:13)
- 17. Contemptuously described in the Scriptures as harsh, bad, good-for-nothing, and senseless, he was struck dead by Jehovah (1 Samuel 25:3, 17, 25, 36-38)
- 18. Ancestor of a family of Nethinim temple slaves (Ezra 2:46)
- 19. Farming implement mentioned as suitable for getting rid of “troublesome plants” (Isaiah 7:25)
- 20. Order to come (Acts 5:40)a
- 23. A son of Abishur and Abihail of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:29)
- 24. To wear away by persistent biting (Revelation 16:10)
- 26. Extreme love or focus on oneself (Job 36:9)
- 29. He and his sons were of “the sons of Gilead” (Numbers 26:30)
- 30. The largest of the Hebrew units of weight and of monetary value (Ezra 8:26)
- 33. Job likened the sayings of his false comforters to proverbs of these (Job 13:12)
- 34. Gideon used this to make sure that Jehovah would keep his promise to save Israel by means of him (Judges 6:36-40)