 | 1871 - 302 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. But when he was... | |
 | 1871 - 964 pages
...bows, and slings to cast stones. '5 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. l6But when he... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1872 - 438 pages
...in II. Chronicles, 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... | |
 | 1872 - 964 pages
...bows, and slings to cast stones. js And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on he LORD. And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. l6But when he... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1874 - 424 pages
...and slings to cast stones. . And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning J 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. But when he was... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1874 - 200 pages
...mail. L1v.] AMOS THE HERDSMAN. 71 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. But when he was... | |
 | 1876 - 434 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." We need not dwell upon the description of the numerous army of king Uzziah. We will turn to God's instruction... | |
 | Testament (Old) - 1876 - 204 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. But when he was... | |
 | Edward Henry Knight - 1876 - 1002 pages
...Jerusalem 810 B. c. They are described (2 Chronicles xxvi. 15) as "invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." The Chinese claim to have used cannon 618 B. c., and engines for throwing heavy stones were used in... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1878 - 404 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." Some of these inventions, however, had been in use long before ; for in the reign of David, the battering-ram... | |
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