 | John Kitto - 1846 - 202 pages
...of the city: for we are told that " he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." Uzziah's fame spread abroad—" he was marvellously helped till he was strong:" but, alas! "when he... | |
 | Thomas Pope - 1811 - 334 pages
...26 c. 9 10 and 15 verses, thatUsziah made, in Jerusalem, engines invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. Corn mills were early invented, for we read in Deuteronomy 24 c. 6 v. that it was not lawful for any... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 552 pages
...attacks of an invading force: " And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. 1 " z Some of these inventions, however, had been in use long before ; for in the reign of David, the... | |
 | William Emerson - 1825 - 506 pages
...Christ, we find in 2 Chron. xv. that Uzziah made in Jerusalem, engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. Corn-mills were early invented; for we read in Deuteronomy, that it was not lawful for any man to take... | |
 | Theodore Henry Fielding - 1825 - 92 pages
...arrows, and slings to cast stones; and he made, in Jerusalem, engines invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal; and his name spread far abroad, for he was marvellously helped till he was strong." One of the simplest... | |
 | William Emerson - 1825 - 750 pages
...Christ, we find in 2 Chron. xv. that Uzziah made in Jerusalem, engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. Corn-mills were early invented; for we read in Deuteronomy, that it was not lawful for any man to take... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pages
...bows, and slings in cast stones. 15 And he made In Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 H But when... | |
 | William Stevens (biographer.) - 1833 - 786 pages
...bows, and slings to cast stones. And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.* And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped till he was strong, f Thus far all... | |
 | 1833 - 426 pages
...Christ, we find in 2 Chron. xv. that Uzziah made in Jerusalem, engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. Corn-mills were early invented ; for we read in Deuteronomy, that it was not lawful for any man to... | |
 | Madras presidency, army - 1838 - 782 pages
...Chronicles, Uzziah, who began his. reign 809 years before the Christian era " made in Jeru" salem, engines invented by cunning men, to be upon the "...the ram was at least known in those days, although there is no distinct mention of it until the time of Pericles, the Athenian, 409 years before Christ.... | |
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engines, invented by cunning men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." It is therefore probable that the ram was at least known in those days, although 
