...resembling the Roman catapults, for discharging missiles from the walls with great violence : — " (Uzziah) made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men,...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal " (2 Chron. xxvi. 15). The women, children, and cattle were led away by the conquerors : and that it...

...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;...

...planted 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...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." Some of these inventions, however, had been in use long before ; for in the rei?n of David, the batterinsram...

...cross, especially if the men 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...

...cast stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men. to be on the towers aud a cake haken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. ho was strong. 10 But when he was strong, his heart wan lifted up to his destruction ; fur he transgressed...

...the walls. It is said of Uzziah : ' He made in Jerusalem engines invented by cunning men, to be upon the towers and upon the 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 '...

...thousand years before the Christian era it is recorded of Uzziah, king of Judah (2 Chron. xxvi. 15), that "he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones withal. " These engines were the balista, originally designed to throw stones, and ihecatofwlta, arrows; \\\ftespringal,...

...before 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,...

...years before the Christian era it is recorded of Uzziah, King of Judah (2 Cliron. xxvi., 15), that ''he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones withal." These engines were the balista, originally designed to throw stones, and the cat&pulta^ arrows ; the...

...bows, and slings to cast stom *<. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men. to I . ԫ lie was stron for lie transgressed against the Lou his God, and went into the temple the LORD to burn...