Awake December 8, 05 Crossword

When Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite for 400 silver shekels, he intended to use it as this (2 words) (Gen. 23:17, 19, 20)
To wear away by persistent biting (Revelation 16:10)
He and his sons were of "the sons of Gilead" (Numbers 26:30)
One of the seven sons of Noah's son Japheth (Genesis 10:2)
At this site David's men twice struck down giant Philistine warriors (2 Samuel 21: 18, 19)
A city in the mountainous region of Judah (Joshua 15:49)
This fragrant shrub is mentioned only in The Song of Solomon (Song of Solomon 1:14; 4:13; 7:11)
Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
Incapable (Acts 21:34)
Paul encountered these Greek Philosophers when he was preaching in the marketplace at Athens (Acts 17:16-21)
Gideon used this to make sure that Jehovah would keep his promise to save Israel by means of him (Judges 6:36-40)
He was one who attested by seal to Nehemiah's "trustworthy arrangement" ( Nehemiah 9:38; 10:13)
The large copper vessel used by the priests for washing themselves in the courtyard of Solomon's temple was called this because of the large quantity of water it could contain (2 Chronicles 4:6)
This descendant of Judah was an ancestor of David (1 Chronicles 2:11)
The largest of the Hebrew units of weight and of monetary value (Ezra 8:26)
This broke out in heaven following the birth of the Kingdom (Revelation 12:7)
Situated farther within (Acts 16:24)
Ancestor of a family of Nethinim temple slaves (Ezra 2:46)
This large wild animal is mentioned only once in the Scriptures (Psalm 80:13)
Jesus said that "it is easier for a camel to get through" this "than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God" [3 words] (Matthew 19:24)