Samuel, Saul and David

2. Samuel’s mother (1 Samuel 1:20)
6. First king of Israel (North)
7. The special box that represented God’s presence
10. David’s son who tried to make himself king when David was old (1 Kings 1:5)
12. a go-between or mediator between God and people
16. David would not kill Saul because he was the ……. king
18. Who did David commit adultery with? (2 Samuel 11:3-4)
20. David married Saul’s daughter named… (but Saul meant for him to die trying; 1 Samuel 18:27)
21. A false God who fell down before the ark of Yahweh
23. Prophet who anointed first two kings of Israel (1 Samuel 10:1;16:13)
24. 2 Samuel 7 contains a play on words, based on the two meanings of this word (2 Samuel 7:5, 11)
26. Saul first disobeyed God by offering a… (1 Samuel 13:8-9)
27. David’s first main sin in 2 Samuel 11-12
28. How long did God promise David’s family would rule? (2 Samuel 7:16)
30. Who did David murder to cover his sin? (2 Samuel 11:14-15)

1. The main reason why Saul tried to kill David (1 Samuel 18:9)
3. Saul’s second act of disobedience was not killing the king of the… or their animals
4. David’s second main sin in 2 Samuel 11-12
5. The weapon David used to kill the giant (1 Samuel 17:40)
8. First king of Judah (South)
9. The giant who was killed by David (1 Samuel 17:23)
11. To be like other nations, Israel wanted a …
13. Third king of Israel (whole kingdom)
14. Israel’s enemies who captured the ark
15. First king of Israel (whole kingdom)
16. The first of David’s sons to rebel against him and try to become king (2 Samuel 15:10)
17. Second king of Israel (whole kingdom)
19. He told Saul that Ahimelech helped David, then killed all the priests (1 Samuel 22:9, 18)
22. A priest who gave David bread and sword when he was fleeing from Saul (1 Samuel 21:1, 8-9)
25. What did David want to build for God?
29. The priest who raised Samuel