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A bronze helmet was on his head, and he was clothed with scale body armor; the weight of the body armor was five thousand bronze shekels. Bronze greaves[a] were on his legs,[b] and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam and the point of his spear weighed six hundred iron shekels. His shield bearer[c] was walking in front of him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:6 Or “shin guards”
  2. 1 Samuel 17:6 Hebrew “feet”
  3. 1 Samuel 17:7 Literally “The one who carried his shield”

He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[a]; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(A) was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod,(B) and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[b] His shield bearer(C) went ahead of him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms
  2. 1 Samuel 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms