This puzzle has two parts to it.
First, determine the answer to each of the 25 names of Biblical women.
Each answer is a single word. The number of letters in the word is given in parentheses.
Second, place the 25 words in the word cross.
1. Wife of Nabal, who later became a wife of David (7 letters)
2. Wife of Uriah, who later became a wife of David (9 letters)
3. Prophetess and the only female judge mentioned in the Bible (7)
4. She is loved by Samson and is bribed by the Philistines to find his source of weakness (7)
5. Mother of John the Baptist (9)
6. Queen of the Persian empire whose birth name was Hadassah (6)
7. Mother of Timothy (6)
8. First woman, wife of Adam (3)
9. Wife of Abraham, mother of Ishmael (5)
10. Prophetess and mother of Samuel (6)
11. Queen of Israel, wife of King Ahab (7)
12. First wife of Jacob, mother of Reuben (4)
13. The first converted believer after the resurrection, known as The Woman of Purple (5)
14. Sibling of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany (6)
15. Mother of Jesus (4)
16. Prophetess and older sister of Moses and Aaron (6)
17. Mother-in-law to Ruth (5)
18. An associate of the apostle Paul who was introduced as a deacon in the book of Romans (6)
19. Jewish woman who was one of the first converts to Christianity and the first example of a female
preacher (9)
20. Second wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph and Benjamin (6)
21. Gentile woman who lived in Jericho and assisted the Israelites by hiding two spies (5)
22. Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau (7)
23. Moabite woman who married Boaz, an Israelite (4)
24. Wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac (5)
25. Queen of Persia and first wife of King Ahasuerus (6)
Now place the 25 names in the boxes below:
Hint: to get started, look at the three nine-letter names. There is only one way that they can fit in the puzzle.
By the way, your 25 answers should be in alphabetical order.