 | William Emerson - 1825 - 506 pages
...Christ, we find in 2 Chron. 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... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 552 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."2 Some of these inventions, however, had been in use long before ; for in the reign of David,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...and f 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 t spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he tHeb. ««« was strong.... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 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. HOSEA, vn. BC... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...this powerful machine is uncertain. We are informed, in the Second Book of Chronicles, that Uzziah, who began his reign 809 years before the Christian...of it till the time of Pericles the Athenian (409 В. С.). To oppose this powerful engine of attack, further means of defence became necessary ; and... | |
 | William Stevens (biographer.) - 1833 - 786 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, f Thus far all wont... | |
 | 1833 - 426 pages
...Christ, we find in 2 Chron. 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... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...we find ia 2 Chron. 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 take... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 pages
...We are informed, in the Second Book of Chronicles, that Uzziab, who began his reign 809 years hefore the Christian era, " made in Jerusalem engines, invented...shoot arrows and great stones withal." It is therefore prolwble that the ram was at least known in those days, although we have no distinct mention of it... | |
 | William Emerson - 1836 - 498 pages
...Christ, we find in 2 Chron. 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 il was not lawful for any man to... | |
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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. 
