4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[1] 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[2] ; 6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.
4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed
4 And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six
4 A giant nearly ten feet tall stepped out from the Philistine line into the open, Goliath from Gath. 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and was dressed in armor - 126 pounds of it! 6 He wore bronze shin guards and carried a bronze sword.
4 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. 6 And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
4 Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet tall! 5 He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125Â pounds. 6 He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:4-6
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:1-11
(Read 1 Samuel 17:1-11)
Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows.