 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1891 - 640 pages
...the fountains, that there might be no water for the besiegers. Perhaps some of the uncouth machines " invented by cunning men to be on the towers, and upon...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal," might still remain in their old places — means of desperate defence such as that made in later times... | |
 | Joseph Parker - 1889 - 378 pages
...first mention of artillery], invented by cunning men, to be on the towers ["towers" (Zeph. ii. 16)] and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones...spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped [i°.«. by God, (comp. v. 7)] till he was strong. 16. But when he was strong, his heart was lifted... | |
 | 1902 - 1848 pages
...As Esther 6. 12. o 2 Kin. 15.6. r Lev. 13. 46. Num. 6. 2. K Ileb. free. t Is. 1. 1. t 2 Kin. 15. T. Southwestern company marjvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 1] But Awhen he was strong, his heart was * lifted up... | |
 | 1903 - 384 pages
...curtain. It is stated in the Bible, 2 Chronicles, xxvi. 15, that Uzziah 'made engines at Jerusalem, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.' 7 All medieval experience goes to show that even the trebuchet, hereinafter described, was used on... | |
 | Western Gas Association - 1906 - 702 pages
...on the matter. The 26th chapter and 15th verse of Second Chronicles (speaking of King Uzziah) says: "And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones withal." The word cunning in the time of King James I. had a more respectable meaning than it has at the present... | |
 | Western Gas Association - 1906 - 716 pages
...on the matter. The 26th chapter and I5th verse of Second Chronicles (speaking of King Uzziah) says: "And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones withal." The word cunning in the time of King James I. had a more respectable meaning than it has at the present... | |
 | Paul Lacombe - 1907 - 542 pages
...thousand years before the Christian era it is recorded of Uzziah, king of Judah (a 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 the catapulta, arrows; the... | |
 | William Wellington Greener - 1907 - 830 pages
...15), where it is stated that Uzziah "made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones." Josephus states that the Jews shot the corpses of men and horses from these machines — a common practice... | |
 | Sir Charles Moore Watson - 1912 - 376 pages
...introduced an innovation of considerable importance with reference to the defences of the city, as " he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning...bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal." King Uzziah's precautions are an excellent proof of the truth of the old saying that the best way to... | |
 | 1916 - 736 pages
...supplied his army with military implements, including "engines, invented by cunning men, to be shot on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones." The Greeks and Romans used them; Philip of Macedon employed them at the siege of Byzantium 340 years... | |
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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. 
