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1 Samuel 17:7 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 17 · verse 7
And 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.1 Samuel 17:7 · King James Version
1 Samuel 17:7 in context
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.
8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- weaver'sʼâragto plait or weaveH707 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- shekelssheqelprobably a weightH8255 →
- staffʻêtsa treeH6086 →
- staffchêtsproperly, a piercerH2671 →
- spearchănîytha lanceH2595 →
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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