1 Samuel 17:6

1 Samuel 17:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
• New International Version (NIV)on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.

Context of 1 Samuel 17:6

4Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5He had a bronze helmet on his head, and wore a coat of scale-armor (overlapping metal plates) which weighed 5,000 shekels of bronze. He had bronze shin protectors on his legs and a bronze javelin hung between his shoulders. 7The [wooden] shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; the blade-head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And a shield-bearer walked in front of him. 8Goliath stood and shouted to the battle lines of Israel, saying to them, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not the Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and have him come down to me.

1 Samuel 17:6 word by word

וּמִצְחַ֥ת נְחֹ֖שֶׁת עַל־רַגְלָ֑יו וְכִיד֥וֹן נְחֹ֖שֶׁת בֵּ֥ין כְּתֵפָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• greavesמִצְחָהmitschâh · greaveH4697
• of brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• upon his legsרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and a targetכִּידוֹןkîydôn · javelinH3591
• between his shouldersכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:6

• 1 Kings 10:16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten (hammered) gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
• 2 Chronicles 9:15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, using six hundred shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Greaves 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. Vegetius, de Re Militari, says, Pedites Scutati etiam ferreas ocreas in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6A target … - Rather, “a javelin.” as in 1 Samuel 17:45, and placed between the shoulders, as the quiver was.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Goliath was a huge, fully armored warrior, but he did not have God (a much stronger ally) on his side (1 Samuel 17:45–47).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-114-11. a champion--Hebrew, a "man between two"; that is, a person who, on the part of his own people, undertook to determine the national quarrel by engaging in single combat with a chosen warrior in the hostile army.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:6

• Brass
• Greaves
• Javelin
• Target

In the dictionaries

• Arise
• Armour
• Assay
• Brass
• Buckler
• Carriage
• Cause
• Coat
• Copper
• David

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings