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1 Samuel 17:5–6

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5And 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 1shekels of bronze.

6He also had bronze 1greaves on his legs and a abronze 2javelin slung between his shoulders.

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Footnotes

  1. 1A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  2. 1Or shin guards
  3. 2Or scimitar

Cross references

  1. a1 Sam 17:45

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds. There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders.

NLTNew Living Translation

He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds. He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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 were on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.