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Dagon Falls Before the Ark Crossword (Easy, Medium and Hard)

Free printable Dagon Falls Before the Ark crossword in three levels, from easy with a word box to hard with Bible look-ups. Answer keys included.

Grades K–5 · Medium

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Ages: Early Elementary (K–2), Upper Elementary (3–5)
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 10–20 minutes
Scripture: 1 Samuel 5:1–12
Bible story: Dagon Falls Before the Ark

These free Dagon Falls Before the Ark crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (1 Samuel 5:1–12), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Dagon Falls Before the Ark Bible story page, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

The Philistines took the ark of God and set it by their idol Dagon in the house of Dagon at Ashdod. Early the next morning, "Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD." They set him in his place again, but the next morning he had fallen again, and his head and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold. The hand of the LORD was heavy upon them, so they sent the ark from Ashdod to Gath and then to Ekron, and asked to "let it go again to his own place." Read the whole story in 1 Samuel 5:1–12 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again." (1 Samuel 5:3, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

The ___ took the ark of God. (1 Samuel 5:1)
They brought the ark from Eben-ezer unto ___. (1 Samuel 5:1)
They of Ashdod arose early on the ___. (1 Samuel 5:3)
Dagon was ___ upon his face before the ark of the LORD. (1 Samuel 5:3)
Dagon's head and hands were cut off upon the ___. (1 Samuel 5:4)
The ___ of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod. (1 Samuel 5:6)
They carried the ark of the God of Israel about unto ___. (1 Samuel 5:8)
Therefore they sent the ark of God to ___. (1 Samuel 5:10)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.

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Frequently asked questions

What ages are these Dagon Falls Before the Ark crosswords for?

The easy crossword (with a word box) is for ages 5–7, the medium one for kindergarten to 2nd grade readers, and the hard one for 3rd to 5th grade. Each level downloads with or without an answer key.

Are the answers from the Bible?

Yes. Every answer comes from the King James Bible, and the answer key gives the verse for each one.

Are these crosswords free?

Yes. Print as many as you need for your church, school or home. Please don't resell them.

What Bible verses are in the Dagon Falls Before the Ark crossword?

Every clue comes from 1 Samuel 5:1–12 (KJV), and the answer key gives the verse for each answer. The hard level prints the verse after every clue so kids can look it up.