⁴ A champion named Goliath,^(A) who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.^{[a] 5} He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels^[b]; ⁶ on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin^(B) was slung on his back. ⁷ His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod,^(C) and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.^[c] His shield bearer^(D) went ahead of him.