5<\/strong>. a coat of mail<\/em> ] “ A corselet of scales<\/strong>,” made of overlapping plates of metal, and protecting the body almost down to the knees. Armour of this kind is represented in the Assyrian sculptures. See Layard’s Nineveh<\/em> II. 335. Cp. Virg. Aen<\/em>. XI. 487, “Turnus thoraca indutus aenis Horrebat squamis<\/em>.”<\/p>\n five thousand shekels<\/em> ] Estimated at about 157 pounds avoirdupois.<\/p>\n Coat of mail – <\/B>Or breastplate of scales. A kind of metal shirt, protecting the back as well as the breast, and made of scales like those of a fish; as was the corselet of Rameses III, now in the British Museum. The terms, helmet, coat, and clothed (armed the King James Version) are the same as those used in Isa 59:17<\/span>.<\/P> Five thousand shekels – <\/B>Probably about 157 pounds avoirdupois (see Exo 38:12<\/span>). It is very probable that Goliaths brass coat may have been long preserved as a trophy, as we know his sword was, and so the weight of it ascertained.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 5<\/span>. He was armed with a coat of mail<\/B><\/I>] The words in the original, shiryon kaskassim<\/I>, mean a coat of mail<\/I> formed of plates of brass overlapping each other, like the scales<\/I> of a fish<\/I>, or tiles of a house<\/I>. This is the true notion of the original terms.<\/P> <\/P> With thin plates<\/I> of brass<\/I> or iron, overlapping<\/I> each other, were the ancient coats of mail formed in different countries; many formed in this way may be now seen in the tower of London.<\/P> <\/P> The weight – five thousand shekels<\/B><\/I>] Following Bishop Cumberland’s tables, and rating the shekel<\/I> at two hundred and nineteen grains<\/I>, and the Roman<\/I> ounce at four hundred and thirty-eight grains<\/I>, we find that Goliath’s coat of mail, weighing five thousand shekels<\/I>, was exactly one hundred and fifty-six pounds four ounces<\/I> avoirdupois. A vast weight for a coat of mail, but not all out of proportion to the man.<\/P> <\/p>\n The common shekel contained only a fourth part of an ounce; and so 5000 shekels made 1250 ounces, which make exactly 78 pounds; which weight is not unsuitable to a man of such vast greatness and strength, as his height speaks him to be. <\/P> <\/p>\n 5. helmet of brass<\/B>ThePhilistine helmet had the appearance of a row of feathers set in atiara, or metal band, to which were attached scales of the samematerial, for the defense of the neck and the sides of the face[OSBORN]. <\/P> a coat of mail<\/B>a kindof corslet, quilted with leather or plates of metal, reaching only tothe chest, and supported by shoulder straps, leaving the shouldersand arms at full liberty.<\/P><\/p>\n And he had an helmet of brass upon his head<\/strong>,…. This was a piece of armour, which covered the head in the day of battle; these were usually made of the skins of beasts, of leather, and which were covered with plates of iron, or brass; and sometimes made of all iron, or of brass g; as this seems to have been:<\/p>\n and he was armed with a coat of mail<\/strong>; which reached from the neck to the middle, and consisted of various plates of brass laid on one another, like the scales of fishes h, so close together that no dart or arrow could pierce between:<\/p>\n and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass<\/strong>: which made one hundred and fifty six pounds and a quarter of zygostatic or avoirdupois weight; and therefore he must be a very strong man indeed to carry such a weight. So the armour of the ancient Romans were all of brass, as this man’s; their helmets, shields, greaves, coats of mail, all of brass, as Livy says i; and so in the age of the Grecian heroes j.<\/p>\n g Vid. Lydium “de re militari”: l. 3. c. 5. p. 63. h “—-Rutilum thoraca indutus anis Horrebat squamis—-” Virgil. Aeneid. l. 11. i Hist. l. 1. c. 22. j Pausan. Messenica, l. 3. p. 163. So Homer frequently describes the Grecians with a coat of mail of brass.<\/p>\n (5) A coat of mail.<\/strong>More accurately, breastplate of scales. <\/em>This armour has been sometimes understood as chain armour, but it is more probable that the Philistine armour was made of metal scales, like those of a fish, whose defensive coat was, no doubt, imitated at a very early date by this warlike race, who dwelt on the sea-shore, and whose life and worship were so closely connected with the great sea. This coat of mail, or corselet, was flexible, and covered the back and sides of the wearer. The weight of the different pieces of the giants panoply largely exceeds the weight of medival suits of armour.<\/p>\n 5<\/strong>. <\/strong> A helmet of brass <\/strong> A defensive armour for the head. <\/p>\n A coat of mail <\/strong> Literally, a coat of scales. <\/em> A defensive armour for the body, consisting of plates of brass overlapping each other like the scales on a fish, or shingles on a roof. The Hebrew word is rendered habergeon <\/em> in 2Ch 26:14<\/span>, and Neh 4:16<\/span>. <\/p>\n Weight five thousand shekels <\/strong> Reckoning the shekel at half an ounce avoirdupois, the weight of the scale armour would be about one hundred and fifty pounds.<\/p>\n 1Sa 17:5<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Five thousand shekels<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Seventy-eight pounds and two ounces. <\/em>1Sa 17:7<\/span><\/em>. The staff of his spear<\/em>] The shaft, <\/em>&c. (leg. <\/em> Hiller. 103.) Six hundred shekels<\/em>] Nine pounds and six ounces.<\/em> <\/p>\n 1Sa 17:5 And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.<\/p>\n Ver. 5. And he had an helmet of brass (or steel) upon his head.] Which yet could not save his head. No armour is of proof against the Almighty. If he set himself against a man, no other helps can relieve him. Brass and steel cannot fence one against fire and water. “Now God is a consuming fire,” and his “breath a stream of brimstone.” Isa 30:33 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And he was armed with a coat of mail.<\/strong> ] Lorica squamata,<\/em> like fish scales, one lying over another, to ward off deadly darts, or other weapons of war, leviathan like. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Five thousand shekels of brass.<\/strong> ] That is, One hundred and fifty-six pounds, and more, besides all the weight of his other arms; which yet he could well wield and make use of in fight.<\/p>\n And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in verses: 1Sa 17:5-7. App-6. Note the six pieces of armour thus emphasised; and see App-10. <\/p>\n armed: Heb. clothed, 1Sa 17:38 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 21:16 – of the sons Eph 6:17 – the helmet<\/p>\n 1Sa 17:5-7. He was armed with a coat of mail Made of plates of brass laid over one another like the scales of a fish. Five thousand shekels of brass 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 was not unsuitable to a man of such vast strength as his height speaks him to have been. Greaves Boots. The staff of his spear like a weavers beam On which the weavers fasten their web. It was like this for thickness. And though the whole weight of Goliaths armour may seem prodigious, yet it is not so much by far as one Athanatus did manage, of whom Pliny relates that he saw him come into the theatre with arms weighing twelve thousand ounces. A shield <\/p>\n Probably for state; for he that was clad in brass little needed a shield. <\/p>\n 17:5 And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand {b} shekels of brass.<\/p>\n (b) That is, 156 pounds 4 ounces, after half and ounce to the shekel: and 600 shekels weight amounts to 18 3\/4 pounds.<\/p>\n And [he had] a helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass. 5. a coat of mail ] “ A corselet of scales,” made of overlapping plates of metal, and protecting the body almost down to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 17:5”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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