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And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a coat of mail of scales; and the weight of the coat of mail was five thousand shekels of brass.

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs and a shield of brass between his shoulders.

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and one bearing a shield went before him.

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He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[a]; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(A) was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod,(B) and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[b] His shield bearer(C) went ahead of him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms
  2. 1 Samuel 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms