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And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. And the [a]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. And he stood and cried unto the [b]armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:7 Or, according to another reading, blade
  2. 1 Samuel 17:8 Hebrew ranks (and so in verses 10, 21, 22, 26, etc.).