17:4 Then a champion 1 came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. 2 17:5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. 3 17:6 He had bronze shin guards 4 on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders. 17:7 The shaft 5 of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. 6 His shield bearer was walking before him.
17:8 Goliath 7 stood and called to Israel’s troops, 8 “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose 9 for yourselves a man so he may come down 10 to me! 17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.” 17:10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight 11 each other!”