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He had bronze greaves on his shins and a bronze spear slung between his shoulders. The shaft[a] of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spearhead was made of fifteen pounds[b] of iron. His shield bearer went out ahead of him.

He would stand up and shout to the armies of Israel, “Why have you come out to line up in battle formation? I am a Philistine, and you are servants of Saul, aren’t you? Choose a man to represent you, and let him come down to me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:7 The translation follows the Hebrew reading recorded in the margin of the text (qere). The main Hebrew text (kethiv) reads arrow.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:7 Hebrew six hundred shekels