People of the Old Testament

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Across
  1. 2. he took his twin brother's birthright, had 12 kids->12 tribes of Israel
  2. 3. a very strong man thanks to his long hair
  3. 6. she lived in exile with her cousin until she was chosen to marry the king of Persia
  4. 7. one of the youngest prophets, he preached to Jerusalem about them straying away from God
  5. 12. she married Isaac and had twin sons, she preferred the second twin Jacob
  6. 13. he buried dad Israelites, he was blinded and became miserable until the angel Raphael helped him
  7. 14. her name means "she will be praised" or "woman of Judea"
  8. 16. her husband Jacob worked 7 years to marry her and accidentally married her sister and worked 7 more years
  9. 17. a Hebrew prophet who preached about the coming of Jesus, his name means "Yahweh is salvation"
  10. 18. he married a beautiful woman Gomer who left him again and again, he related this to Israel always straying away from God
Down
  1. 1. of Songs a poem about 2 people in love
  2. 2. he disobeyed God and was swallowed by a whale for 3 days for it
  3. 4. he almost sacrificed his son to show his love for God
  4. 5. Moses's sister, she sent him down the river to the princess and then cared for her brother as his nurse
  5. 6. a prophet who encouraged exiled that their ancestors' sins didn't condemn them
  6. 8. she was the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
  7. 9. she lived with mother Naomi, married cousin, gave birth to the great-grandfather of King David, Obed
  8. 10. he worked in a temple under the priest Eli, he anointed the kings Saul and David
  9. 11. a slave in Egypt who eventually brought the Israelites to Canaan, the Promised Land
  10. 15. king of ancient Israel, replaced failed king Saul
  11. 17. he was almost sacrificed for God, he had twin sons Esau and Jacob