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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. "
Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ... - Page 465
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Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice ...

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...
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The Bible and Its Story, Volume 5

Charles Francis Horne, Julius August Brewer - 1910 - 600 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...
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The Old Testament Narrative

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...
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The Story of Jerusalem

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...
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The World's Work, Volume 31

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...
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The New York Times Current History: The European War, Volume 14

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...
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Variorum Commentary on the Poems of John Milton: The Minor ..., Volume 2, Part 2

Arthur 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...
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Holy Bible

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...
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Weapons: A Pictorial History

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...
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Governing Churches and Antioch Apostles: Discovering the Apostolic Revolution!

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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