1 Samuel 17:5-7
World English Bible
5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels[a] of bronze. 6 He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron.[b] His shield bearer went before him.
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1 Samuel 17:5-7
New International Version
5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[a]; 6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(A) was slung on his back. 7 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.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
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