1Sa 17:7 | NETfull | STEP | 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 17:7

7 The shaft ^{▼▼ 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 six hundred shekels. ^{▼▼ That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.} His shield bearer was walking before him.