The First Book of Samuel
⭑ World English Bible Catholic :: King James Version ⭑
- Chapter 17 -
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David Accepts the Challenge
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David Slays Goliath
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(a)17:4 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) Therefore, Goliath was about 9 feet and 9 inches or 2.97 meters tall.
(b)17:5 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 5000 shekels is about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.
(c)17:7 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or about 13 pounds.
(d)17:17 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
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Footnotes
(a)17:1
Ephes–dammim : or, the coast of Dammim, called Pas–dammim
(b)17:2
set… : Heb. ranged the battle
(c)17:5
armed : Heb. clothed
(d)17:6
target : or, gorget
(e)17:18
cheeses : Heb. cheeses of milk
(f)17:18
of… : Heb. of a thousand
(g)17:20
trench : or, place of the carriage
(h)17:20
fight : or, battle array, or, place of fight
(i)17:22
his carriage : Heb. the vessels from upon him
(j)17:22
saluted… : Heb. asked his brethren of peace
(k)17:24
from… : Heb. from his face
(l)17:30
manner : Heb. word
(m)17:31
sent… : Heb. took him
(n)17:34
lamb : or, kid
(o)17:38
armed David… : Heb. clothed David with his clothes
(p)17:40
brook : or, valley
(q)17:40
bag : Heb. vessel
(r)17:46
deliver… : Heb. shut thee up