engine Summary and Overview
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engine in Smith's Bible Dictionary
a term applied exclusively to military affairs in the Bible. The engines to which the term is applied in #2Ch 26:15| were designed to propel various missiles from the walls of the besieged town. One, with which the Hebrews were acquainted, was the battering ram, described in #Eze 26:9| and still more precisely in #Eze 4:2; 21:22|