Coat of mail — Made of brass plates laid over one another, like the scales of a fish. The weight, &c. — The common shekel contained a fourth part of an ounce; and so five thousand shekels made one thousand two hundred and fifty ounces, or seventy — eight pounds: which weight is not unsuitable to a man of such vast strength as his height speaks him to be.
Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 17:5
1 Samuel 17:5
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armedb with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.