 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...Psammitticus (Vid. Aricteas, de LXX Interp.) twenty before Azotli. Now of Uzziah it is said, " that he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones," 2 Cbron. xxvi. 15. so that it must... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...he maile in Jerusalem engines, Uziiah'ê reign and death. CHAP. XXVII, XXVIII Reign ofJoiham. з;/ rned their heart bnck again. 38 Then the fine of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt-sacrifice, bis name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 1Ï But when he... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...against the Reiga qfjolham. invented by cunning men, to be on the I Ammonites, and prevailed against them 5 V 16 II But when hejtvas strong, his heart was lifted up to A is destruction: for he transgressed against... | |
 | Theodore Henry Fielding - 1825 - 92 pages
...shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows and arrows, and slings to cast stones ; and he made, in Jerusalem, engines invented by cunning...for he was marvellously helped till he was strong." One of the simplest machines of the ancients for throwing stones, fire, &c. was the scorpion, or onager,... | |
 | William Emerson - 1825 - 506 pages
...walk or run of themselves. And, about 800 years before Christ, we find in 2 Chron. xv. that Uzziah made in Jerusalem, engines, invented by cunning men,...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
...on the walls and towers of Jerusalem, to defend it against the attacks of an invading force : " And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...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
...host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and f slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name t spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he tHeb. ««« was strong. " SECTION II... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pages
...host shields, and spears, and helmet», and habergeons, and bows, and slings in cast stones. 15 And he made In Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 H But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to AM destruction : for he transgressed against... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...Jerusalem engiues, invented by cunning men, to be on tlie towers. and upon the bulwarks, to shoot nrrows and great stones withal : and his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till lie was strong. 16 " But when he was strong, his heart was lilted up to his destruction : for he tranipessed... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and DOWS, and slings to cast stones. 15 And 2 Dulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously... | |
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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. 
