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Artillery
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(כְּלִי , keli', apparatus, elsewhere rendered "vessel," "instrument," etc.) occurs in 1 Samuel 20:40, where it signifies collectively any missile weapons, as arrows and lances. (See ARMOR). In 1 Maccabees 6:51, the term so rendered is βελόστασις, i.e. balista, or "catapult," a machine for hurling darts or stones. (See ENGINE).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Artillery'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/artillery.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Artillery'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/artillery.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
