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  1. 1. David captured the city of ______ and made it his home. (2 Samuel 5:6, 9.)
  2. 3. ________ was the wife of Elimelech. (Ruth 1:2.)
  3. 6. Saul ______ after being wounded in a battle. (1 Samuel 31:6.)
  4. 7. David and Bathsheba had a baby named ______. (2 Samuel 12:24.)
  5. 8. Absalom declared himself to be king in ______. (2 Samuel 15:10.)
  6. 12. Naomi told Ruth that Boaz was one of their ______. (Ruth 2:20.)
  7. 14. David was anointed king of ______. (2 Samuel 2:4.)
  8. 15. David sinned with ______. (2 Samuel 11:3-4.)
  9. 17. There was fighting against the ______ all the days of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:52.)
  10. 18. Poor Hannah prayed for a ______. (1 Samuel 1:11.)
  11. 21. David killed Goliath with a ______. (1 Samuel 17:49.)
  12. 22. The ark of the covenant was ______ by the Philistines. (1 Samuel 4:11.)
  13. 24. Because of his disobedience, the Lord ______ Saul as king. (1 Samuel 15:23.)
  14. 26. To ______ is to gather crops left in the field after the harvest. (Ruth 2:2-3.)
  15. 28. God chose ______ to be Israel's first human king. (1 Samuel 11:15.)
  16. 31. When the Lord did not respond to Saul, he visited a ______. (1 Samuel 28:6-7.)
  17. 32. David caused ______ to be killed in battle. (2 Samuel 11:15.)
  18. 33. Ruth became Boaz's ______. (Ruth 4:13.)
  19. 34. David ______ the death of Saul and Jonathan. (2 Samuel 1:17.)
  20. 36. Jonathan knew Saul was determined to put David to ______. (1 Samuel 20:33.)
  21. 37. Samuel anointed ______ to be the next king of Israel. (1 Samuel 16:13.)
  22. 39. _____ was a Philistine who challenged the Israelites. (1 Samuel 17:4, 8-9)
  23. 40. Boaz and Ruth had a ______. (Ruth 4:13.)
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  1. 2. God answered Hannah's prayer and ______ was born. (1 Samuel 1:20.)
  2. 4. As Samuel grew, he became established as a ______ of the Lord. (1 Samuel 3:20.)
  3. 5. Absalom stole the ______ of the people of Israel. (2 Samuel 15:6.)
  4. 9. The Israelites took the ark of the ______ into a battle. (1 Samuel 4:3-4.)
  5. 10. ______ was the son of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:1.)
  6. 11. David showed kindness to ______ because of Jonathan. (2 Samuel 9:6-7.)
  7. 13. ________ was determined to return to Bethlehem with Naomi. (Ruth 1:16.)
  8. 16. David administered ______ and equity to all his people. (2 Samuel 8:15.)
  9. 19. The Israelites demanded a ______. (1 Samuel 8:19-20.)
  10. 20. Samuel ______ Israel all the days of his life. (1 Samuel 7:15.)
  11. 23. David's son, ______, killed his brother Amnon because he hurt his sister, Tamar. (2 Samuel 13:28-29.)
  12. 25. David declared God to be his rock, his fortress, and his ______. (2 Samuel 22:2.)
  13. 27. Later, David was anointed king of ______. (2 Samuel 5:3.)
  14. 29. By asking for a king, the Israelites ______ God. (1 Samuel 10:19.)
  15. 30. David had success in all he did because the ______ was with him. (1 Samuel 18:14.)
  16. 35. _______ stopped David from killing Nabal and his household. (1 Samuel 25:32-33.)
  17. 38. ______ killed Absalom. (2 Samuel 18:14.)
  18. 40. ______ was a worthy man, a relative of Naomi's husband. (Ruth 2:1.)