And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
All Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:5 Go To 1 Samuel 17
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Scales, like those of fishes. Septuagint insinuate, that it was armed with things resembling fish-hooks; alisidoton, hamata.
Brass, which was used for the armour of the ancients. Plutarch (in Demetrio) speaks of a coat of mail weighing forty pounds: the usual weight was twenty pounds. (Lipsius)
The strength of the giant must have borne proportion with his size. (Calmet)
