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Then a champion named Goliath of Gath came forth out of the camp of the Philistines. He was six cubits and a span high.[a] He wore a bronze helmet on his head, and he wore armor, a coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels of bronze. On his legs he wore bronze leg armor, and he had a bronze javelin slung on his back.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:4 Six cubits and a span high: Goliath is nearly ten feet tall and has powerful weapons in marked contrast to young David whose power comes from God.

A champion named Goliath,(A) who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[a] He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[b]; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(B) was slung on his back.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:4 That is, about 9 feet 9 inches or about 3 meters
  2. 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms