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Prophets Word Search

Seventeen books of the Old Testament carry the names of prophets who spoke messages they believed came from God. Those names run from short ones like Amos to longer ones like Zephaniah.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • amos
  • daniel
  • elijah
  • elisha
  • ezekiel
  • hosea
  • isaiah
  • jeremiah
  • joel
  • jonah
  • micah
  • moses
  • nahum
  • obadiah
  • samuel

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Words in the Prophets word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

moses
Led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the commandments
samuel
Anointed Israel's first two kings, Saul and David
elijah
Confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel
elisha
Followed Elijah and served as prophet after him
isaiah
Wrote the longest prophetic book in the Old Testament
jeremiah
Called the weeping prophet, warned Jerusalem before its fall
daniel
Served in Babylon and was thrown into a lions den
jonah
Swallowed by a great fish on the way to Nineveh
ezekiel
Prophesied to exiles in Babylon and saw the valley of bones
amos
A shepherd from Tekoa who preached about justice
hosea
His marriage became a picture of God and Israel
joel
Wrote about a locust plague and a coming day of the Lord
micah
Foretold that a ruler would come from Bethlehem
nahum
Wrote about the fall of the city of Nineveh
obadiah
Author of the shortest book in the Old Testament
haggai
Urged the returned exiles to rebuild the temple
zechariah
Encouraged temple rebuilding and wrote of a coming king
malachi
The last book of the Old Testament in Christian Bibles
habakkuk
Asked God hard questions about justice and waited for answers
zephaniah
Warned Judah about the day of the Lord

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