Scripture · Old Testament

1 Samuel 17:5

1 Samuel 17:5 is verse 5 of 1 Samuel chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,

5,000 shekels is approximately 125.6 pounds or 57 kilograms.

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.

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.

A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 5000 shekels is about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.

1 Samuel 17:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.

4 Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

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

6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.

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