Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 17:5
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1 Samuel17:5
5 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.
The common Shekle contained onely a fourth part of an Ounce; and so 5000 Shekels made 1250 Ounces, which make exactly 78 pounds. Which weight is not unsuitable to a man of such vast greatness and strength as his Height speaks him to be.
Marginal references: Heb. clothed.
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