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1 Samuel 17:5 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 17 · verse 5
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.1 Samuel 17:5 · King James Version
1 Samuel 17:5 in context
3And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- shekelssheqelprobably a weightH8255 →
- helmetkôwbaʻa helmetH3553 →
- weightmishqâlweightH4948 →
- brassnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metalH5178 →
- armedlâbashproperly, wrap aroundH3847 →
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It was not long ago that the Philistines were soundly beaten, and put to the worse, before Israel, and they would have been totally routed if Saul's rashness had not prevented; but here we have them making head again. Observe, I. How they defied Israel with their armies, Sa1 17:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11