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1 Samuel 17:5

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 17:5

Verse 5 of 58

Scripture focus

And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.

1 Samuel 17:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:5

Theological / Devotional

Mail. Soldiers’ body armor made of metal scales 2 to 8 in. long, sewn on a leather or fabric base. It protected the wearer’s upper body. Wherever the metal parts did not meet perfectly, the wearer was vulnerable at that joint (1 Kings 22:34). Goliath’s armor was of bronze.

Five thousand shekels. About 125 lb. (6.58 kg.).

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