David Spares Saul Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free David Spares Saul 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 24:1–22), 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 David Spares Saul Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

King Saul took three thousand chosen men to seek David in the wilderness of En-gedi, and Saul went into a cave where David and his men were in the sides of the cave. David's men said this was his day, but David only "cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily," and even then "David's heart smote him." He called after Saul and showed him the skirt, saying, "mine hand shall not be upon thee," and Saul wept and said, "Thou art more righteous than I." Read the whole story in 1 Samuel 24:1–22 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil." (1 Samuel 24:17, 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:

• David is in the ___ of En-gedi. (1 Samuel 24:1)
• Saul took three ___ chosen men out of all Israel. (1 Samuel 24:2)
• They went upon the rocks of the wild ___. (1 Samuel 24:2)
• "I will deliver thine ___ into thine hand." (1 Samuel 24:4)
• Afterward, David's ___ smote him. (1 Samuel 24:5)
• David said Saul was the ___ of the LORD. (1 Samuel 24:6)
• "Thou art more ___ than I." (1 Samuel 24:17)
• And David ___ unto Saul. (1 Samuel 24:22)

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.