Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
Cunning men
Spread far
General references
Bible References
Cunning men
2 Chronicles 2:7
Now, therefore, send me a wise man, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and skilful to execute gravings, - with the wise men who are with me, in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David did provide.
Exodus 31:4
to devise skilful designs, to work in gold and in silver, and in bronze;
Spread far
Matthew 4:24
And forth went the report of him into all Syria; and they brought unto him all who were sick, with divers diseases and tortures, distressed, demonized and lunatic and paralyzed, - and he cured them.
General references
Ezekiel 26:9
And the stroke of his attacking-engine, will he direct against thy walls, - And thy tower., will he break down with his axes.