 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...809 years before the Christian era, " made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." It is therefore probable that the ram was at least known in those days, although we have no distinct... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...fathers. mlwarka, to shoot arrows and 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad ; for he was reigned fifty and two years in Jerumarvellously helped, till ho was erdein. His mother's name also... | |
 | 1833 - 426 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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...809 years before the Christian era, " made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." It is therefore probable that the ram was at least known in those days, although we have no distinct... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...walk or run of themselves. And, about 800 years before Christ, we find ia 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 take... | |
 | William Emerson - 1836 - 498 pages
...walk or run ol 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 il was not lawful for any man to... | |
 | 1836 - 1290 pages
...spenrs, and helmets, nnd haberccons, and bows, and slings In casi stones. And ho made in Jenisalem 15 engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And hie name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, lili he was strong. But when he was strong,... | |
 | 1837 - 440 pages
...prepared for them, throughout all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. And he made in Jerusalem...upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal1." The invasion of our country by the Romans, though undertaken only from pride of power and... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 pages
...the men to 307,500, every common soldier having a shield, spear, helmet, habergeon, bow, and sling. ' And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad.' But prosperity appears to have corrupted the heart of this otherwise great king ; for, elated with... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 738 pages
...planted on the walls and towers of Jerusalem, lo defend it against the attacks of an invading force : " And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." Some of these inventions, however, had been in nse long before ; for in the reign of David, the batteringram... | |
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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. 
