17:4 Then a champion ⁶  came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. ⁷  17:5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. ⁸  17:6 He had bronze shin guards ⁹  on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders. 17:7 The shaft ¹⁰  of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. ¹¹  His shield bearer was walking before him.

17:8 Goliath ¹²  stood and called to Israel’s troops, ¹³  “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose ¹⁴  for yourselves a man so he may come down ¹⁵  to me! 17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.” 17:10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight ¹⁶  each other!” 17:11 When Saul and all the Israelites ¹⁷  heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.