1Sa 17:7 | NET2full | STEP | The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam , and the iron point of his spear weighed 600 shekels . His shield bearer was walking before him.

‏ 1 Samuel 17:7

7 The shaft ^{▼▼tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).} of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed 600 shekels. ^{▼▼sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.} His shield bearer was walking before him.