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He had greaves of bronze on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. His iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels.[a] And a shield-bearer was walking before him.

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

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:7 About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms.