and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds.[a] There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze javelin(A) was slung between his shoulders. His spear shaft(B) was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed fifteen pounds.[b] In addition, a shield-bearer(C) was walking in front of him.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:5 Lit 5,000 shekels
  2. 17:7 Lit 600 shekels

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