Samuel Anoints Saul Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Samuel Anoints 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 9:1–10:1; 1 Samuel 10:17–24), 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 Samuel Anoints Saul Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Saul, the son of Kish, was "a choice young man, and a goodly," higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. When his father's asses were lost, Saul and a servant went to seek them and came to Samuel the seer, and the LORD had told Samuel a day before that He would send him a man out of the land of Benjamin to be captain over His people Israel. Samuel took a vial of oil, poured it upon Saul's head, and said, "Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?" Later at Mizpeh Saul hid himself among the stuff, but when he stood among the people, they shouted, "God save the king." Read the whole story in 1 Samuel 9:1–10:1; 1 Samuel 10:17–24 (KJV).

Memory verse: "Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?" (1 Samuel 10:1, 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:

• A man of Benjamin, whose name was ___. (1 Samuel 9:1)
• Kish had a son, whose name was ___. (1 Samuel 9:2)
• "I will send thee a man out of the land of ___." (1 Samuel 9:16)
• "Thou shalt anoint him to be ___ over my people Israel." (1 Samuel 9:16)
• "Bid the ___ pass on before us." (1 Samuel 9:27)
• ___ took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head. (1 Samuel 10:1)
• "The LORD hath ___ thee to be captain over his inheritance." (1 Samuel 10:1)
• Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to ___. (1 Samuel 10:17)

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.