1 Samuel 17:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a bronze breastplate of scale armor weighing five thousand shekels, 6 bronze greaves, and had a bronze scimitar slung from his shoulders. 7 The shaft of his javelin was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron head weighed six hundred shekels.[a] His shield-bearer went ahead of him.(A)
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- 17:7 Six hundred shekels: over fifteen pounds.
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