And he had a bronze helmet on his head, and he wore scale-armor [a]which weighed [b]five thousand shekels of bronze.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 Lit and the weight of the armor was
  2. 1 Samuel 17:5 Possibly 75-125 lb. (shekel weight varied)

He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[a];

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms