ARTILLERY.1Sa_20:40 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] (in obsol. sense, of Jonathans bow and arrows; RV [Note: Revised Version.] weapons); 1Ma_6:51 f. (see Fortification, § 7).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ar-til?ẽr-i (כּלי, kelı̄): In 1Sa_20:40 (the King James Version) of Jonathan's bow and arrows, replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by WEAPONS; and in 1 Macc 6:51 (the King James Version) where the Greek words are translated in the Revised Version (British and American) ?instruments for casting fire and stones.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Artillery
(כְּלִי, keli', apparatus, elsewhere rendered "vessel," "instrument," etc.) occurs in 1Sa_20:40, where it signifies collectively any missile weapons, as arrows and lances. SEE ARMOR. In 1Ma_6:51, the term so rendered is βελόστασις, i.e. balista, or "catapult," a machine for hurling darts or stones. SEE ENGINE.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.