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He had a bronze helmet on his head, and wore a coat of scale-armor (overlapping metal plates) which weighed [a]5,000 shekels of bronze. He had bronze shin protectors on his legs and a bronze [b]javelin hung between his shoulders. The [wooden] shaft of his spear was like a [c]weaver’s beam; the blade-head of his spear weighed [d]six hundred shekels of iron. And a [e]shield-bearer walked in front of him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 The weight is uncertain, but may have been 100 lbs. or more.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:6 Or perhaps a scimitar (short curved sword).
  3. 1 Samuel 17:7 I.e. the cross beam of a loom.
  4. 1 Samuel 17:7 Probably 12 lbs. or more.
  5. 1 Samuel 17:7 The shield was the type designed to protect the whole body, so it was probably about eight and one-half feet tall.

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