Context 17:7 The shaft1 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.
[17:7]1tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).
[17:7]2sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.
