 | J. Walker - 1846 - 356 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.y For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, " Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount (marg. reading,... | |
 | Richard A. F. Barrett - 1847 - 544 pages
...cdav/unrrwdi; тоС Au. Ver. — 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 [Heb., went forth] ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.... | |
 | 1850 - 492 pages
...war the reader may be profitably referred, " is in 2 Chron. xxvi. 15, where we are told that Uzziah, who began his reign 809 years before the Christian...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. Uzziah must, therefore, be considered the inventor of them, and from that lime they began to be employed... | |
 | George Smith - 1850 - 378 pages
...of cities. The sacred writer says, " 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." (2 Chron. xxvi. 15.) Without debating the accuracy of the various opinions which have been formed of... | |
 | 1850 - 838 pages
...helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and £ slings to cast stones. invented by cunning men, to be on /r r=P>P?P@PAP s r m}q r w w v W jLPMP v v qQP _aTbT r t r V V V vqw w w v and his name 1 spread far abroad, for he was marvellously helped till he was strong. was lifted up... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 pages
...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. And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped till he was strong. NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS.... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 544 pages
...uncertain . We are informed; in the Second Book of Chronicles^ that Uzziah^ who began his reign 8G9; years before the Christian era, "made in Jerusalem...probable that the : ram. was at least known in those daj?;s, ; although we have no distinct mention of it till the time of Pericles the Athenian (409 BC).... | |
 | Francis Rawdon Chesney - 1852 - 420 pages
...machine may be artiiiene traced back to 1,000 years before our era, when Uzziah had engines in Jerusalem, "invented by " cunning men, to be upon the towers and upon " the bulwarks, to shoot arms and great stones " withal." J Plutarch's account makes the origin of such instruments later ;... | |
 | John Farrar - 1852 - 692 pages
...read in 2 Chron. xxvi. 15, 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." See BATTERINGJ.{AM, ARMOUR, and ARMS. On moving to battle, the soldiers were excited to bravery and... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1852 - 746 pages
...Uzziah, who at least adopted them. 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. 2 Chron. xxvi.... | |
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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. 
