 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1883 - 556 pages
...and * slings to 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 5 spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. <w> But when... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott - 1883 - 556 pages
...and 4 slings to 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 6 spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. (16> But when... | |
 | Charles Eugene Little - 1884 - 648 pages
...ch. 8. 1914. in Prosperity. Uiziah 15 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. " But when he... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1891 - 640 pages
...no water for the besiegers. Perhaps some of the uncouth machines " invented by cunning men to be on the towers, and upon the 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... | |
 | William Emery Barnes - 1899 - 370 pages
...bows, and slings to 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 But when he... | |
 | 1903 - 384 pages
...Bible, 2 Chronicles, xxvi. 15, that Uzziah 'made engines at Jerusalem, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.' 7 All medieval experience goes to show that even the trebuchet, hereinafter described, was used on... | |
 | Western Gas Association - 1906 - 718 pages
...(speaking of King Uzziah) says: "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." The word cunning in the time of King James I. had a more respectable meaning than it has at the present... | |
 | Western Gas Association - 1906 - 702 pages
...(speaking of King Uzziah) says: "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." The word cunning in the time of King James I. had a more respectable meaning than it has at the present... | |
 | William Wellington Greener - 1907 - 830 pages
...once. The first mention of such machines is in 2 Chronicles (xxvi. 15), where it is stated that Uzziah "made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men,...upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones." Josephus states that the Jews shot the corpses of men and horses from these machines — a common practice... | |
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