| NATHAN | Old Testament prophet who, along with Zadok the priest, anointed Solomon king of Israel (1 Kings 1:32-45) (6) |
| ABISHAG | The shunnamite who brought comfort to the aging King David (1 Kings 1:3) (7) |
| SAUL | Son of Kish who became the first king of Israel (1 Samuel 9) (4) |
| ZADOK | The high priest who anointed Solomon in Kings I |
| PREDESTINATION | Priest anointed to confute Calvinist doctrine |
| OTHERSONS | Besides Absolom and Solomon, King David had seventeen ..... .... (5,4) |
| SOLOMON | King of Israel one day (7) |
| ELI | Judge of Israel (1 Sam 4:18 ) |
| HANDEL | Who composed the anthem Zadok the Priest, performed at the coronation of King Charles III? (6) |
| EZEKIEL | Old Testament prophet who had visions of flying through the air and underwent periods of speechlessness and immobility |
| HIRAM | Phoenician king of Tyre who supplied Solomon with materials and craftsmen for the building of the Temple (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 521-18) (5) |
| JEZEBEL | Wife of King Ahab of Israel and daughter of the Phoenician king Ethbaal (1 Kings 16:2931) (7) |
| JOB | Old Testament prophet who lived in the land of Uz (3) |
| ISAIAH | Old Testament prophet who foresaw the birth of Christ (6) |
| MICAH | Old Testament prophet who foretold the destruction of Jerusalem and Samaria |
| MOSES | Old Testament prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt (5) |
| HOSEA | Old Testament prophet who God knowingly instructs to marry a woman who will be unfaithful |
| SHEBA | Biblical name of the Arabian kingdom of Saba, whose queen visited King Solomon in Jerusalem (1 Kings 10) (5) |
| KNOPFLER | Surname of two brothers who, along with John Illsley and Pick Withers, formed the most successful band of the 1980s (8) |
| ADONIJAH | King of Israel, rival to Solomon (1 Kings 1:7) (8) |
