Begin with the name of a woman—you’ve read
She forced a tent pin through Sisera’s head (Judg. 4).
Then one who let others to Bethlehem go,
But Moab held her heart—her actions speak so. (Ruth 1).
Ethiopia’s Queen will fill in number three,
A eunuch and chariot will help you to see. (Acts 8).
Zelophehad’s daughters told Moses their case.
Choose one for the fourth—should I tell you the place? (Josh. 17).
The wife of a Priest and a true Israelite,
Who was sister to Naashon—a man of great might. (Ex. 6).
A woman who sat and heard prisoner Paul,
Was she “almost persuaded"? — I fear not at all. (Acts 25).
A Jewess, a queen, and her history will tell
How she risked her own life — for her people ’twas well. (Esther 5).
But then, ah! a Philistine, whose lap was once used
To capture a man who his vows thus abused. (Judg. 16)
The whole is a mother who loved well her son,
An ark and a princess — a nurse — the tale’s done. (Ex. 6).