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A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was more than nine feet tall.[a] He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore bronze scale-armor weighing one hundred twenty-five pounds.[b] He had bronze plates on his shins, and a bronze scimitar hung on his back.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:4 LXX over six feet tall
  2. 1 Samuel 17:5 Five thousand shekels

A champion named Goliath,(A) who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[a] He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[b]; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(B) was slung on his back.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:4 That is, about 9 feet 9 inches or about 3 meters
  2. 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms