51
He encamped against the sanctuary many days; and set there mounds to shoot from, and engines of war, and machines for throwing fire and stones, and weapons to throw darts, and slings.
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Verse 51. Battering slings. Lit. balistas. Bible. See verse 20.—Fire, or the long javelin, falarica, mentioned by Livy xxi.
Incita sulcatum tremulâ secat aera flamma. Silius.
—Pieces. Lit. “scorpions,” ( Bible.) a sort of pointed dart, ( Calmet.) filled with poison, virus qua figit effundit. Tert. scorp.
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