Bible Puzzle #3
Across
- 2. Farming implement mentioned as suitable for getting rid of “troublesome plants” (Isaiah 7:25)
- 3. A city in the mountainous region of Judah (Joshua 15:49)
- 6. Used in the Bible to symbolize the authority of parents over their children (Proverbs 29:15)
- 7. 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)
- 10. The king of this city attacked the Israelites as they approached Canaan and took some of them captive (Numbers 21:1)
- 14. Gideon used this to make sure that Jehovah would keep his promise to save Israel by means of him (Judges 6:36-40)
- 16. Job likened the sayings of his false comforters to proverbs of these (Job 13:12)
- 17. Among the things that Agur found too wonderful to comprehend was the way of this bird in the heavens (Proverbs 30:18, 19)
- 18. The largest of the Hebrew units of weight and of monetary value (Ezra 8:26)
- 19. He was one who attested by seal to Nehemiah’s “trustworthy arrangement” (Nehemiah 9:38; 10:13)
- 21. To wear away by persistent biting (Revelation 16:10)
- 24. During the wilderness wandering, he was placed “over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali” (Numbers 10:27)
- 25. Place 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)
- 27. A son of Abishur and Abihail of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:29)
- 29. One of the seven sons of Noah’s son Japheth (Genesis 10:2)
- 30. he and his sons were of “the sons of Gilead” (Numbers 26:30)
- 35. Answerable (Matthew 5:21)
- 37. Ancestor of a family of Nethinim temple slaves (Ezra 2:46)
- 38. Borne or put on (Luke 8:27)
- 39. Battle (Numbers 31:14)
Down
- 1. 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)
- 4. Paid attention (Acts 5:40)
- 5. Incapable (Acts 21:34)
- 8. This large wild animal is mentioned only once in the Scriptures (Psalm 80:13)
- 9. 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 (Numbers 25:6-15)
- 11. GUIDES 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)
- 12. 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)
- 13. Moved by feeling this for a man suffering from leprosy, Jesus said: “I want to. Be made clean” (Mark 1:40, 41)
- 15. This fragrant shrub is mentioned only in The Song of Solomon (Song of Solomon 1:14; 4:13; 7:11)
- 20. Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
- 22. This broke out in heaven following the birth of the Kingdom (Revelation 12:7)
- 23. This descendant of Judah was an ancestor of David (1 Chronicles 2:11)
- 26. paul encountered these Greek philosophers when he was preaching in the marketplace at Athens (Acts 17:16-21)
- 28. Bearing or demeanor (Job 36:9)
- 31. While in Hebron, this wife of David bore him a son named Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5)
- 32. at this site David’s men twice struck down giant Philistine warriors (2 Samuel 21:18, 19)
- 33. Situated farther within (Acts 16:24)
- 34. Joseph’s missing cup was found in this possession of Benjamin (Genesis 44:12)
- 36. The channel that brought water to a pool near the King’s Garden (Nehemiah 3:15)