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He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore bronze scale-armor weighing one hundred twenty-five pounds.[a] He had bronze plates on his shins, and a bronze scimitar hung on his back. His spear shaft[b] was as strong as the bar on a weaver’s loom, and its iron head weighed fifteen pounds.[c] His shield-bearer walked in front of him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 Five thousand shekels
  2. 1 Samuel 17:7 Qere, LXX, Syr (cf 2 Sam 21:19); Kethib the point of his spear
  3. 1 Samuel 17:7 Six hundred shekels

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