1 Samuel 17:5-7
Legacy Standard Bible
5 And he had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor, and the weight of that scale-armor was five thousand [a]shekels of bronze. 6 He also had bronze [b]greaves on his legs and a (A)bronze [c]javelin slung between his shoulders. 7 (B)And 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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- 1 Samuel 17:5 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
- 1 Samuel 17:6 Or shin guards
- 1 Samuel 17:6 Or scimitar
1 Samuel 17:5-7
New International Version
5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[a]; 6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(A) was slung on his back. 7 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.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
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