21 x 21 Crossword: “The World of King David”
1. It's a long story
5. Father of King David
10. Holy Land desert where David hid from Saul
15. Bishop of Rome, to Romans
19. False god
20. Chief of the sons of Hebron (1 Chr 15:9)
21. Home town of St. Teresa
22. ___ in a Manger
23. Slow down, in music (abbr.)
24. Citrus zests
25. One who might pray to St. Joseph of Cupertino?
26. Wise men from the east
27. "Blessed are you, my son David!" (Saul to David, 1 Sam 26:25)
29. Born, in Bordeaux
30. Garment worn under a stole
31. Where David reigned in Judah (2 Sam 2:11)
33. ___ Eckhart
36. "You are witnesses, and ___..." (1 Thess 2:10)
38. Some computers, familiarly
40. "All Glory, ___ and Honor"
41. "Give us ___ against the foe..." (David's prayer in Ps 60:13)
42. Neo-pagan horned deity
43. Srs. of the Blessed Sacrament, initially
46. Follower of St. John of God, initially
47. Follower of St. Dominic, initially
48. Quotation qualification
50. Descendant of Abraham
51. The Son of David
55. ___ Caritas
56. "For all of you are children of the light and children of the ___." (1 Thess 5:5)
57. Hebrew month
59. Land east of Eden
60. Srs. of the Guardian Angel
62. "...se encarno de Maria, la Virgen, y se ___ hombre" (Credo Niceno)
63. Processional path
65. Birthplace of Goliath
66. Word repeated by David at the end of Psalm 41
68. Grandson of Esau (Gn 36:15)
69. Brother of David
70. A son of David
71. Phrase before "to be born"
72. Edomite who betrayed David to Saul
75. David left his parents with its king while running from Saul (1 Sam 22:3-4)
77. Shout joyfully to the Lord, all you ___..." (Ps 100:1)
79. Saintly widow from Cascia, Italy
81. Ancestor of David (Gen 22:13)
82. "Turn your ___ to me..." (Prayer of David in Ps 17:6)
84. Name meaning "bitter" (Ruth 1:20)
85. "...that they may be ___." (John 17:22)
86. Saul's grandfather
87. Daughter of David
89. Jesus, initially?
90. St. Yvette of ___, Belgian anchoress (d.1228, f.1-13)
91. "Have mercy on __, God..." (David's prayer in Ps 51:3)
92. ___ Eliot
93. "He shall be a wild ___ of a man..." (Gen 16:12)
95. "___ the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb..." (Is 11:6)
98. David brought it to 5 down
99. Doorpost
102. Seventeenth Greek letter
103. Heath family members
106. "When ___ strikes you on [your] right cheek..." (Mat 5:39)
108. "When Meribbaal, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David, he fell face down in ___." (2 Sam 9:6)
110. St. Andrew Kim ___-Gon, Korean martyr
112. Holy ones (abbr.)
113. "Give me five ___, or whatever you can find." (David to 83 down in 1 Sam 21:4)
116. "But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots ___ shall blossom." (Is 11:1)
117. Scott and Kimberly, notably
119. Saintly widow of the martyr St. Castulus
121. "Venerable" saint, doctor, and English historian
122. Mars: Prefix
123. Poet's muse
124. Something to talk about
125. Length x width, for a rectangle
126. Polio vaccine developer, Jonas ___
127. Tower, in Tolkien-ese
128. Hebrew measure comparable to a bushel
129. Penitential season
1. Ben ___, book before Isaiah
2. Purim's month
3. Creatures of Jewish folklore
4. "O Come, ___ Faithful"
5. The City of David
6. Samuel's teacher, in the Bible
7. What David did with 14 down?
8. Exodus commemoration
9. "If I had not done works among them that no one ___ ever did..." (John 15:24)
10. California wine valley
11. "All these ___ come from within and they defile.” (Mark 7:23)
12. Mount of Saul's death
13. St. Colman of Llan ___, Irish abbot (d.612, f.9-26)
14. Mother of Solomon
15. Saintly disciple of Anthony the Great, and founder of Nitria (d.c.390, f.7-18)
16. Trophies and such
17. When doubled, a Pacific capital
18. Sixteenth Hebrew letter
28. "You anoint my head with ___..." (David prayer in Ps 23:5)
32. "___ eimi"
34. "Bendita ___ eres entre todas las mujeres" (Dios te Salve, Maria)
35. "Lord, open my ___, and my mouth..." (Prayer of David in Ps 51:17)
37. "And ___ was night." (John 13:30)
38. Prophet married to Gomer
39. David's foes through most of his reign
44. David's great-grandparents
45. "Is it not rather to explore the city, to ___ it, and to overthrow it, that David has sent his servants to you?” (2 Sam 10:3)
49. Ethnicity of the soldier who told David that Absalom had been killed (2 Sam 18:32)
51. "...one ___, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled." (Mat 5:18, DR)
52. Old English letter
53. ___ Today
54. Friend of Frodo (LOTR)
56. City in Judah (Jos 15:22)
58. Pack animal known to St. Rose of Lima
59. Father of Terah (Gen 11:24)
61. Catholic labor leader Chavez (d.1993)
62. Son of Lotan (Gen 36:22)
64. Scottish uncle
65. David's prophet (2 Sam 24:11)
67. Where 72 across betrayed David (1 Sam 22)
68. ___ Brindir, a tall island of the Tindrock (LOTR)
71. "...you shall present it as a sweet ___ to the Lord." (Lev 6:14)
73. What Jesus said one must do to his 15 across
74. ABC AM show since 1975
75. ___ culpa
76. Boat propeller?
78. Authority
80. David's birthplace
83. High Priest who gave David Goliath's sword
88. The one to whom Gabriel said: "...the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father..."
94. He anointed David King of Israel
95. Christmas present necessity
96. Author cummings
97. David's prophet
99. He was called "son of David" in Mat 1:20
100. "I ___ the vine..." (John 15:5)
101. Ghost's cry
102. "...you have granted me the heritage of those who ___ your name." (Prayer of David in Ps 61:6)
104. The one to whom David said: "Look, you and Abiathar return to the city in peace..." (2 Sam 15:27)
105. St. Nicholas, familiarly
106. Razor sharpener
107. Husband of Abigail before David
108. Catholic hymn composer David
109. "...concebido por ___ y gracia del Espíritu Santo..." (Credo Apostolico)
111. "...___ tus ojos misericordiosos" (Dios te Salve, Reina y Madre)
112. Place
114. Nod is east of it (Gen 4:16)
115. "The Pharisees have taken their ___ on the chair of Moses..." (Mat 32:2)
118. "Exodus" hero
120. Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"