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  • In Jerusalem he made engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. (2 Chronicles 26, 15)

  • At dawn they looked up, and behold, a large company, that could not be counted, carrying ladders and engines of war to capture the stronghold, and attacking the Jews within. (1 Maccabees 5, 30)

  • They gathered together and besieged the citadel in the one hundred and fiftieth year; and he built siege towers and other engines of war. (1 Maccabees 6, 20)

  • They came through Idumea and encamped against Beth-zur, and for many days they fought and built engines of war; but the Jews sallied out and burned these with fire, and fought manfully. (1 Maccabees 6, 31)

  • Then he encamped before the sanctuary for many days. He set up siege towers, engines of war to throw fire and stones, machines to shoot arrows, and catapults. (1 Maccabees 6, 51)

  • The Jews also made engines of war to match theirs, and fought for many days. (1 Maccabees 6, 52)

  • In those days Jonathan assembled the men of Judea to attack the citadel in Jerusalem, and he built many engines of war to use against it. (1 Maccabees 11, 20)

  • Antiochus the king besieged Dor anew, continually throwing his forces against it and making engines of war; and he shut Trypho up and kept him from going out or in. (1 Maccabees 15, 25)

  • But Judas and his men, calling upon the great Sovereign of the world, who without battering-rams or engines of war overthrew Jericho in the days of Joshua, rushed furiously upon the walls. (2 Maccabees 12, 15)

  • After the rout and destruction of these, he marched also against Ephron, a fortified city where Lysias dwelt with multitudes of people of all nationalities. Stalwart young men took their stand before the walls and made a vigorous defense; and great stores of war engines and missiles were there. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)


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