The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. (A)And his shield-bearer went before him.

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19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and (A)Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, (B)the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:19 Contrast 1 Chronicles 20:5, which may preserve the original reading

23 And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits[a] tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear (A)like a weaver's beam, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:23 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, (A)with his shield-bearer in front of him.

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And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of (A)Jair struck down Lahmi (B)the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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