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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
edited by - 1833
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The battle of the standards: the ancient, of four thousand years, against ...

John Taylor - 1864 - 112 pages
...Uzziah employed, when it is said, " He made in Jerusalem engines in" vented by cunning men, to be in the towers, and upon " the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal " (2 Chron. xxvi. 15). Inventions here especially meant those engines by which men's lives may be destroyed;...
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Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures: Derived Principally from the Manners ...

George Bush - 1865 - 704 pages
...attacks of an invading force: "And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on is power to convert into money, wherewith he might betake himself to a more Some of these inventions, however, had been in use long before ; for in the rei?n of David, the batterinsram...
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Old gems re-set, by the author of 'Village missionaries'.

Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott - 1866 - 248 pages
...upon the ramparts had engines like those invented in the reign of Uzziah by -' cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." Within the moat was the great outer wall ; and within this, again, there stood frequently an inner...
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Daily Bible illustrations, original readings. Evening series, Volume 4

John Kitto - 1867 - 468 pages
...read of military engines for the defence of towns, mounted upon the walls. It is said of Uzziah : ' He made in Jerusalem engines invented by cunning men,...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.' And it is immediately added, that 'his name spread far abroad.' It may be asked, were these properly...
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Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped ..., Volume 2

James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 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...
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The Rainbow, a magazine of Christian literature, Volume 4

1867 - 588 pages
...with all the appliances of war. " And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to bo 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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Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice ...

Paul Lacombe - 1869 - 334 pages
...of Judah (2 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 ihecatofwlta, arrows; \\\ftespringal,...
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A history of the holy Bible, Volume 2; Volume 96

Thomas Stackhouse - 1869 - 818 pages
...Azoth. Now of Uzziah it is said, 'That be made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning am, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones' (2 Chron. xxvi. 15.); so that it must needs be i mistake, to attribute the invention of the ballista,...
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Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice ...

Paul Lacombe - 1870 - 324 pages
...Judah (2 Cliron. 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 cat&pulta^ arrows ; the...
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The pearl of story books [ed. by B.].

1871 - 306 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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