He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[a];

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms

38 Then Saul dressed David in his own(A) tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.

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34 But someone drew his bow(A) at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.”

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33 But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the breastplate and the scale armor. The king told the chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.”

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