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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Engines:

(1.) Heb. hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in Ecc 7:29) contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2Ch 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 (Eze 26:9), the use of which was common among the Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such an engine is mentioned in the reign of David (2Sa 20:15).

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