The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. (A)And his shield-bearer went before him.

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His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod,(A) and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[a] His shield bearer(B) went ahead of him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms

And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of (A)Jair struck down Lahmi (B)the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(A)

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