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The [wooden] shaft of his spear was like a [a]weaver’s beam; the blade-head of his spear weighed [b]six hundred shekels of iron. And a [c]shield-bearer walked in front of him. Goliath stood and shouted to the battle lines of Israel, saying to them, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not the Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and have him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:7 I.e. the cross beam of a loom.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:7 Probably 12 lbs. or more.
  3. 1 Samuel 17:7 The shield was the type designed to protect the whole body, so it was probably about eight and one-half feet tall.

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