Old Testament Characters

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Across
  1. 5. Brave mother from these books who watched as her 7 sons where executed for being Jews.
  2. 7. Married Delilah and she betrayed him
  3. 8. Prophet who was exiled to Babylon during the fall of Jerusalem
  4. 10. King who defeated Goliath with a rock
  5. 12. He and his wife bore a son in old age due to his faith in God
  6. 14. Thrown into a lion’s den for praying to God. He was unharmed.
  7. 15. beloved son of Rachel who interpreted dreams for the pharaoh
  8. 16. Married sisters. Tricked his father into thinking he was his brother.
Down
  1. 1. King who was given the gift of wisdom by God
  2. 2. wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
  3. 3. God gave him the 10 commandment on Mount Sinai
  4. 4. He was called the weeping prophet
  5. 6. prophet who prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah during the 7th and 8th centuries B.C.
  6. 7. Israel’s last judge and first prophet
  7. 9. Heroine whose name means the praised one.
  8. 11. The promised son of Abraham whose was going to be offered as a sacrifice by his father
  9. 13. beloved wife of Jacob
  10. 15. He ran from God and was swallowed by a whale