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Bronze greaves[a] were on his legs,[b] and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam and the point of his spear weighed six hundred iron shekels. His shield bearer[c] was walking in front of him.

He stood and called to the battle lines of Israel and said to them, “Why have you come out to form ranks for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Commission for yourselves a man and let him come down to me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:6 Or “shin guards”
  2. 1 Samuel 17:6 Hebrew “feet”
  3. 1 Samuel 17:7 Literally “The one who carried his shield”