 | Paul Lacombe - 1907 - 542 pages
...of Judah (a Chron. xxvi. 15), 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." These engines were the balista, originally designed to throw stones, and the catapulta, arrows; the... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Julius August Brewer - 1910 - 598 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 Tf But when... | |
 | Alfred Dwight Sheffield - 1910 - 544 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... | |
 | Sir Charles Moore Watson - 1912 - 376 pages
...reference to the defences of the city, as " 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." King Uzziah's precautions are an excellent proof of the truth of the old saying that the best way to... | |
 | 1916 - 736 pages
...supplied his army with military implements, including "engines, invented by cunning men, to be shot on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones." The Greeks and Romans used them; Philip of Macedon employed them at the siege of Byzantium 340 years... | |
 | 1918 - 660 pages
...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 the same... | |
 | A. S. P. Woodhouse, Douglas Bush - 1970 - 416 pages
...(which Masson omits) connotes massive weapons of defence: 'engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the 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... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...bows, and slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilki And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 c But when he... | |
 | 1954 - 164 pages
...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
...teamwork, etc. DIVINE STRATEGIES "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 marvelously helped, till he was strong" (2 Chronicles 26:... | |
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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. 
