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Engines: 1. Heb. hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in)
(Ecclesiastes 7:29)
contrivances indicating ingenuity. In
(2 Chronicles 26:15) it refers
to inventions for the purpose of propelling missiles from the
walls of a town, such as stones (the Roman balista) and arrows
(the catapulta).
2. Heb. mechi kobollo, i.e., the beating of that which is in front
a battering-ram
(Ezekiel 26:9) the use of which was common among the
Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such an engine is mentioned in the
reign of David
(2 Samuel 20:15)
