| 100% | SAUL | 4 | Israel’s first king, per the Book of Samuel |
| 55% | SAUL | 4 | First king of Israel, in the Bible |
| 54% | SAUL | 4 | First king of Israel in the Old Testament |
| 54% | SAUL | 4 | First king of Israel, according to the Bible |
| 49% | ELI | 3 | Figure in the Book of Samuel |
| 49% | ELI | 3 | Priest in the Books of Samuel |
| 49% | EZRA | 4 | Book that begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 49% | BUFFALOBILL | 11 | One of the first two ''American superstars,'' per 34 Across' book |
| 49% | ANNIEOAKLEY | 11 | One of the first two ''American superstars,'' per 34 Across' book |
| 48% | SAUL | 4 | Anointed one in the Book of Samuel |
| 48% | ELI | 3 | High priest in the Book of Samuel |
| 46% | SAUL | 4 | First king of Israel |
| 46% | ADAM | 4 | First human in the Book of Genesis |
| 46% | EGBERT | 6 | First king of the English |
| 46% | CLOVIS | 6 | First king of the Franks |
| 46% | ALARIC | 6 | First king of the Visigoths |
| 45% | BABAR | 5 | King of the elephants in a children's book series |
| 44% | TONI | 4 | First name of the most-selected author in Oprah's Book Club |
| 44% | CLOVIS | 6 | First king of the Franks (A.D. 481) |
| 44% | SAUL | 4 | Israel's first king |
| 43% | HENRYII | 7 | First king of England of the House of Plantagenet |
| 43% | GENESIS | 7 | First book of the Bible |
| 43% | GENESIS | 7 | First book of the Torah |
| 43% | GENESIS | 7 | Book of the Bible that first mentions Adam and Eve |
| 42% | PRINCEPS | 8 | The first printing of a book |
| 42% | MATEO | 5 | First book of the Nuevo Testamento |
| 42% | MATTHEW | 7 | First book of the New Testament |
| 42% | GENESIS | 7 | First book of the Old Testament |
| 42% | BARBARABUSH | 11 | First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) who wrote "Millie's Book": 2 wds. |
| 42% | HONESTY | 7 | "The first chapter in the book of wisdom," to Jefferson |