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1 Samuel 17:6

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,

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

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.

8 And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

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BSB
and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
KJV
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
WEB
He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
ASV
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
DARBY
And he had greaves of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders.
BLB
And a frontlet of bronze [was] on his legs, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders.
ÅB
Han hadde kobberskinner på leggene og et kastespyd av kobber på ryggen.
OTB
Han hadde også bronsebeskyttere på leggene og bar et bronsekastespyd på skuldrene.
B1930
Han hadde kobberskinner på leggene og et kastespyd av kobber på ryggen.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 17:45

    But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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  • 1 Kings 10:16

    King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

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  • 2 Chronicles 9:15

    King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

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