1 Samuel 17:7

17:7 The shaft ¹  of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. ²  His shield bearer was walking before him.

1 Samuel 17:41

17:41 ³ The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

[17:7]  ¹ tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).

[17:7]  ² sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.

[17:41]  ³ tc Most LXX mss lack v. 41.