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2 Crónicas 26:15

Listen to 2 Crónicas 26:15
15 Y en Jerusal茅n hizo m谩quinas de guerra inventadas por hombres h谩biles para ponerlas en las torres y en las esquinas, para arrojar flechas y grandes piedras. Por eso su fama se extendi贸 lejos, porque fue ayudado en forma prodigiosa hasta que se hizo fuerte.

2 Crónicas 26:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 26:15

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
Such as with the Romans were called "catapultae", "ballistae" F21, "scorpiones" F23 and by this it appears that these were not first invented in Greece and Rome, but in Judea. It is said F24, that the Romans received the machine to batter cities from the Greeks, and that the Trojan horse was no other than a battering ram; but if they did, the invention of them must be ascribed, not to them, but rather to the Syrians and Phoenicians, according to Pliny {y}; though others F26 suppose the Carthaginians, who were a colony of theirs, to be the inventors of them; yet, after all, they seem to be the device of some skilful men among the Jews, in the times of Uzziah; according to Diodorus Siculus F1, they were not found out when Nineveh was besieged in the times of Sardanapalus:

and his name spread far abroad;
in distant countries, for his warlike dispositions and preparations, which made them stand in fear of him:

for he was helped until he was strong;
he was wonderfully helped by the Lord to build fortified places, raise a numerous army, and provide all sorts of armour for them, and invent such machines as would greatly annoy the enemy, whereby he became very potent, and injected dread round about him.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 Cicero. Tusculan. Quaest. l. 2. Tacit. Hist. l. 3. c. 23.
F23 Ammian. Marcellin. l. 23.
F24 Vid. Valtrinum de re militari Roman. l. 5. c. 6.
F25 Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56.
F26 Vitruvius de Architectura, l. 10. c. 19. Tertullian. de Pallio, c. 1. & Salmasius in ib. Vid. Turnebi Adversaria, l. 29. c. 18.
F1 Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 113.
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2 Crónicas 26:15 In-Context

13 Y bajo su mando estaba un ej茅rcito poderoso de trescientos siete mil quinientos, que hac铆an la guerra con gran poder, para ayudar al rey contra el enemigo.
14 Uz铆as provey贸 adem谩s a todo el ej茅rcito de escudos, lanzas, yelmos, corazas, arcos y hondas para tirar piedras.
15 Y en Jerusal茅n hizo m谩quinas de guerra inventadas por hombres h谩biles para ponerlas en las torres y en las esquinas, para arrojar flechas y grandes piedras. Por eso su fama se extendi贸 lejos, porque fue ayudado en forma prodigiosa hasta que se hizo fuerte.
16 Pero cuando lleg贸 a ser fuerte, su coraz贸n se hizo tan orgulloso que obr贸 corruptamente, y fue infiel al SE脩OR su Dios, pues entr贸 al templo del SE脩OR para quemar incienso sobre el altar del incienso.
17 Entonces el sacerdote Azar铆as entr贸 tras 茅l, y con 茅l ochenta sacerdotes del SE脩OR, hombres valientes,
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Am茅ricas庐 (LBLA庐), Copyright 漏 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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