1 Samuel 17:5
3 The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
4 Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
- ASV
- And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
- DARBY
- And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.
- BLB
- And a helmet of brass [was] on his head, and with a coat of mail he was clothed, and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of bronze.
- ÅB
- På hodet hadde han en kobberhjelm og var kledd i en skjellbrynje, og brynjens vekt var fem tusen sekel kobber.
- OTB
- Han hadde en bronsehjelm på hodet, og han bar skjellbrynje som veide fem tusen sekel bronse.
- B1930
- På hodet hadde han en kobberhjelm og var klædd i en skjellbrynje, og brynjens vekt var fem tusen sekel kobber.