1 Samuel 17:7

17:7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer was walking before him.

1 Samuel 17:41

17:41 The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.


tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).

sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.

tc Most LXX mss lack v. 41.