Engines

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Military, "invented by cunning men" under Uzziah ( 2 Chronicles 26:15); propelling missiles, stones, and arrows. The monuments of Egyptian and Assyrian warfare have no representations of such engines. Thus Scripture is confirmed, that the invention was in Judah under Uzziah. Pliny (7:56) assigns it to Syria. Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 26:9) alludes to battering rams, mehhi qaballo , "a striking of that which is in front," whether with a battering ram, or balista, or catapult; "he shall set an apparatus for striking against thy walls"; also  Ezekiel 21:22;  Ezekiel 4:2, karim , translated "captains" in  Ezekiel 21:22, where see margin.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Engines'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/engines.html. 1897.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Machines for discharging missiles.  2 Chronicles 26:15 . See Arms. Engines OF WAR were battering rams.  Ezekiel 26:9 .