1 Samuel 17:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:6

and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

KJV

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Greaves of brass upon his legs - This species of armor may be seen on many ancient monuments. It was a plate of brass (though perhaps sometimes formed of laminae or plates, like the mail) which covered the shin or fore part of the leg, from the knee down to the instep, and was buckled with straps behind the leg. From ancient monuments we find that it was commonly worn only on one leg.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The coat is said to weigh 5000 shekels, and a shekel was half an ounce avoirdupois, a vast weight for a man to carry, all the other parts of his armour being proportionable. But some think it should be translated, not the weight of the coat, but the value of it, was 5000 shekels; so much it cost.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִצְחַ֥ת	u.mitz.Chat	and leg armor of	H4697 →
נְחֹ֖שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	bronze	H5178 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] on	H5921 →
רַגְלָ֑יו	rag.Lav	feet his	H7272 →
וְכִיד֥וֹן	ve.khi.Don	and a javelin of	H3591 →
נְחֹ֖שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	bronze	H5178 →
בֵּ֥ין	bein	[was] between	H996 →
כְּתֵפָֽיו׃	ke.te.Fav	shoulders his	H3802 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 17:45
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 10:4
  The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- 2 Chronicles 32:8
  With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah…
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Psalms 18:2
  The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Through
1 Kings 10:16
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 12:9–10
  So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 14:26–28
  He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- 2 Chronicles 9:15–16
  King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel