1 Samuel 17:5

_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._ Helmet of brass. The Philistine helmet had the appearance of a row of feathers set in a tiara, or metal band, to which were attached scales of the same material, for the defense of the neck and the sides of the face. A COAT OF MAIL - a kind of corslet, quilted with leather or plates of metal, reaching only to the chest, and supported by shoulder straps, leaving the shoulders and arms at full liberty....

1-11 Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows....

Verse 1 Samuel 17:5. _HE WAS ARMED WITH A COAT OF MAIL_] The words in the original, שרון קשקשים _shiryon kaskassim_, mean _a coat of mail_ formed of _plates of brass overlapping each other, like the scales_ _of a fish_, or _tiles of a house_. This is the true notion of the original terms. With thin _plates_ of _brass_ or _iron, overlapping_ each other, were the ancient coats of mail formed in different countries; many formed in this way may be now seen in the tower of London. _THE WEIGHT - FIVE THOUSAND SHEKELS_] Following Bishop Cumberland's tables, and rating the _shekel_ at _two hundred and nineteen grains_, and the _Roman_ ounce at _four hundred and thirty-eight grains_, we find that Goliath's coat of mail, weighing _five thousand shekels_, was exactly one hundred and f

COAT OF MAIL - Or “breastplate of scales.” A kind of metal shirt, protecting the back as well as the breast, and made of scales like those of a fish; as was the corselet of Rameses III, now in the British Museum. The terms, helmet, coat, and clothed (armed the King James Version) are the same as those used in Isaiah 59:17. FIVE THOUSAND SHEKELS - Probably about 157 pounds avoirdupois (see Exodus 38:12). It is very probable that Goliath’s brass coat may have been long preserved as a trophy, as we know his sword was, and so the weight of it ascertained....

ADVANCE OF DAVID IN REPUTATION BY THE SLAUGHTER OF GOLIATH (1 Samuel 17:1.). EXPOSITION GOLIATH'S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL (1 Samuel 17:1). 1 SAMUEL 17:1 THE PHILISTINES GATHERED TOGETHER THEIR ARMIES. As the object of the historian is not to give us an account of the Philistine wars, but only to record the manner of David's ripening for the kingly office, nothing is said as to the space of time which had elapsed between Sau

AND HE HAD AN HELMET OF BRASS UPON HIS HEAD,.... This was a piece of armour, which covered the head in the day of battle; these were usually made of the skins of beasts, of leather, and which were covered with plates of iron, or brass; and sometimes made of all iron, or of brass g; as this seems to have been: AND HE WAS ARMED WITH A COAT OF MAIL; which reached from the neck to the middle, and consisted of various plates of brass laid on one another, like the scales of fishes h, so close together that no dart or arrow could pierce between: AND THE WEIGHT OF THE COAT WAS FIVE THOUSAND SHEKELS OF BRASS: which made one hundred and fifty six pounds and a quarter of zygostatic or avoirdupois weight; and therefore he must be a very strong man indeed to carry such a weight. So the armour of the ancient Romans were all of brass, as this man's; their helmets, shields, greaves, coats of mail, all...

2. DAVID AND GOLIATH CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Goliath of Gath, the Philistine (1 Samuel 17:1)_ 2. David's errand and inquiry (1 Samuel 17:12) 3. David's offer to fight Goliath (1 Samuel 17:31) 4. David's victory (1 Samuel 17:41) 5. Saul's inquiry (1 Samuel 17:55) Modern critics are practically unanimous in regarding the story of this chapter as unhistorical. One of the leading arguments they advance is the statement found in...

1 SAMUEL 17:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 18:5. DAVID AND GOLIATH (E, with additione by R). In this section two narratives seem to have been interwoven. For the sake of convenience, we may denote one set of passages by (A), and the other by (B), thus: (A) 1 Samuel 17:1; 1 Samuel 17:32. (B) 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 17:55 to 1 Samuel 18:5. The (B) passages, together w

AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: 1 Samuel 17:5. App-6. Note the six pieces of armour thus emphasised; and see App-10....

Goliath's Challenge 4. _a champion_ Lit. " THE (well-known) man of the interspaces," or "interval between two camps" (Gr. μεταίχμιον : see Eur. _Phoen_. 1361, in the account of the combat between Eteocles and Polynices), in which single combats took place: so E. V. rightly "champion." _Goliath of Gath_ A survivor probably of the ancient race of _Anakim_, a remnant of which found refuge in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod, when they were exterminated by Joshua from the mountains of Judah (Joshua 11:21-22). _six cubits and a span_ The cubit, or distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger, is variously estimated at from eighteen to twenty-one inches: the span, or distance between the extremities of the thumb and little finger in the outstretched hand, is reckoned as half a cubit: so that Goliath's height was between nine feet nin