| IDDO | Minor prophet in the Books of Chronicles who composed a history of King Rehoboam |
| LEHI | Prophet in the Book of Mormon |
| ENOS | Prophet in the Book of Mormon |
| NIMROD | In Genesis and the Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush, great-grandson of Noah |
| NAHUM | First name of the Poet Laureate who wrote The History of King Lear (5) |
| THOMASMORE | One-time chancellor of England who wrote the influential History of King Richard III (6,4) |
| EZRA | Prophet who wrote the Book of Chronicles |
| SONGOFSOLOMON | Rehoboam carries good book |
| ISRAEL | Where were Jeroboam, Rehoboam and Menahem kings? (6) |
| AMOS | Minor prophet in the Old Testament who had been a sheep herder and sycamore fig farmer (4) |
| OBADIAH | Minor prophet in the Bible who predicts doom for Edom (7) |
| INSECT | Described in the books of Jean- Henri Fabre, any one of the more than one million species of arthropods whose development was influenced by the evolution of flowering plants (6) |
| FERMOR | Last name of the travel writer who recounted his journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul aged 18 in the books A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water (6) |
| MOZART | "Wunderkind" who composed a minuet at the age of five and a further 600 opuses during his remaining 30 years of life, including Il Seraglio for "musical king" Joseph II, who famously said the opera ha |
| NAHASH | King of Ammon, mentioned in the Books of Samuel, who was killed by Saul |
| MALACHI | Last of the twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament |
| MICAH | Minor prophet in the Old Testament (5) |
| HAGGAI | Minor prophet in the Old Testament (6) |
| PAGANINI | Italian violin virtuoso who composed a series of caprices including No. 24 in A minor (8) |
| ELI | High priest and judge of Israel whose story is told in the books of Samuel, etc. (3) |
