 | 1918 - 662 pages
...the turning of " the wall, and fortified them. * * * " And he made in Jerusalem engines, in" vented by cunning men, to be on the " towers and upon the...bulwarks, to shoot " arrows and great stones withal." It is a noteworthy fact that, throughout the three millenniums of its military history, practically... | |
 | Arthur S. P. Woodhouse, Douglas Bush - 1970 - 416 pages
...break down thy towers.' The other example (which Masson omits) connotes massive weapons of defence: 'engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal' (2 Chron. 26. 15). As to two-handed and smite [smites in 1638 text], Milton used them in his poetry... | |
 | David Daniell - 1992 - 700 pages
...stones. And he made engines in Jerusalem by the craft of artificers to be on the towers and corners, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad, for he was wonderfully holp, until he was become mighty. And in his greatness his heart arose, that he was marred:... | |
 | 1954 - 164 pages
...contraption is in the Bible which says that Kmg Uzziah, who lived in the eighth century BC, made engines "to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones withal." The Greeks and Bronze (about 1000 BC) The weapons of the early days of Greece were mostly bronze. Though... | |
 | Jonas Clark - 2000 - 316 pages
...fasting, deliverance, the blood, binding and loosing, networking, teamwork, etc. DIVINE STRATEGIES "And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong" (2 Chronicles 26: 15 KJV). Finally, we see Uzziah with inventions... | |
 | 2003 - 322 pages
...mountains." / Chronicles 12:8, RSV.) 1 The battle is not yours, but God's. // Chronicles 20:15. 2 He [Uzziah] made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men,...great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad. // Chronicles 26:15. 3 1 will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. Psalms 44:6. 4 Preserve... | |
 | 230 pages
...throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to east stones. And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented...withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction:... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2005 - 626 pages
...host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings (to cast) stones. 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to (his)... | |
 | A. T. Fomenko - 2005 - 562 pages
...detail: "Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate. . . and fortified them. . . and he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal" (2 Chronicles 26:9 and 26:15). • 14.31 b. We don't know much about the reign of Theodosius II Junior,... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant - 2005 - 609 pages
...the fountains, that there might be no water for the besiegers. Perhaps some of the uncouth machines " invented by cunning men to be on the towers, and upon...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal," might still remain in their old places — means of desperate defence such as that made in later times... | |
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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. 
