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The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them. Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath,(A) came out from the Philistine camp. He was around 2.8 metres[a][b] tall and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armour that weighed fifty-seven kilograms.[c]

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  1. 17:4 DSS, LXX read four cubits and a span; i.e., two metres
  2. 17:4 Lit was six cubits and a span
  3. 17:5 Lit 5,000 shekels