He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor [a]which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze. He also had bronze [b]greaves on his legs and a (A)bronze javelin slung between his shoulders. (B)The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; (C)his shield-carrier also walked before him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 Lit and the weight of the armor was
  2. 1 Samuel 17:6 Or shin guards