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He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he wore scaled body armor, which was made of more than one hundred pounds[a] of bronze. He had bronze greaves on his shins and a bronze spear slung between his shoulders. The shaft[b] of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spearhead was made of fifteen pounds[c] of iron. His shield bearer went out ahead of him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 Hebrew five thousand shekels
  2. 1 Samuel 17:7 The translation follows the Hebrew reading recorded in the margin of the text (qere). The main Hebrew text (kethiv) reads arrow.
  3. 1 Samuel 17:7 Hebrew six hundred shekels