Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 17:7

7 And the staff of his spear was like a weavers beam , and his spears head weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and one bearing a shield went before him.

On which the Weavers fasten their Web. It was like this for thickness; and for the length, that he omits, as easie to be collected by proportion to the rest. And though the whole weight of Goliah's Armour may seem prodigious; yet it is not so much by far, as one Athanatus did manage: of whom Pliny relates, That he saw him come into the Theater with Arms weighing 12000 Ounces.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word] Neh. 3. 3. H[illegible: 1+ letters] 3. 11.