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1 Samuel 17:5
“He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 17
3
The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4
There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5
He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6
He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
7
The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield bearer went before him.
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