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1 Samuel 17:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. "

1 Samuel 17:5

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3 The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

4 A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.

5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

6 He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.

7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.

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Exodus 38:29

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"The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels."

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"King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler."

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2 Chronicles 9:15

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"King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one large shield."

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1 Maccabees 3:3

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"He got his people great glory, and put on a breastplate like a giant, and bound his warlike harness around him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword."

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Daniel 2:32

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"As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,"

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2 Samuel 21:16

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"and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought he would kill David."

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1 Samuel 17:1

"Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim."

1 Samuel 17:2

"Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines."

1 Samuel 17:3

"The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them."

1 Samuel 17:4

"A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out."

1 Samuel 17:6

"He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders."

1 Samuel 17:7

"The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him."

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