| NAHASH | King of Ammon (1 Sam. 11:1) (6) |
| ENGEDI | 'Behold, David is in the wilderness of ** **** ' (1 Sam. 24:1) (2,4) |
| HANNAH | Samuel's mother is unaffected by reversals (1 Sam. 1:2) (6) |
| ARGALI | The wild sheep Ovis ammon |
| AMALEK | God said to Saul 'Now go and smite ****** ...' (1 Sam. 15:3) (6) |
| SAUL | King of Israel anointed by Samuel (1 Sam. 15:1) (4) |
| ABNER | The cousin of King Saul (1 Sam 14:50) |
| STEM | "A rod out of the ___ of Jesse" (Isaiah 11:1) |
| MAGNANIMOUS | Large-hearted Ammon using a version of it (11) |
| ELI | "Then ___ answered and said, Go in peace" (1 Sam. 1:17) |
| JESSE | King David's father (1 Sam. 17:12) (5) |
| IMNOT | - the Only One, Sam Smith single (1'1,3) |
| ONE | "And the whole earth was of ___ language" (Genesis 11:1) |
| OED | Ammon Shea's "Reading the ___: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages" (book hailed by the Times as "the 'Super Size Me' of lexicography") |
| ABIGAIL | King David's wife could be a major pain (1 Sam. 25:23) (7) |
| GEZRITES | A tribe King David raided (1 Sam 27:8 variant spelling) (8) |
| UNTOMETHISDAY | "...roll a great stone ___" (1 SAM 14:33) |
| ENDOR | Where Saul consulted the witch (1 Sam. 28:7) (2,3) |
| BABEL | In the Old Testament, the Tower of _ was intended to reach from earth to heaven (Genesis 11:1-9) (5) |
| LAZARUS | Brother of Mary and Martha in the New Testament, brought back to life by Jesus four days after his death (John 11:1-44) (7) |
