1 Samuel 17:5

and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,

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In The King 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.

In Context

4Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

6and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:2-12

Goliath's Challenge to Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And 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… Read the whole commentary →

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