1 Samuel 17:6

6 nas pernas usava caneleiras de bronze e tinha um dardo de bronze pendurado nas costas.

1 Samuel 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:6

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs
Which were a sort of boots, or leg harnesses, which covered the thighs and legs down to the heels; such as Iolaus ^F11 and the Grecians usually wore, as described by Homer; which are supposed to be double the weight of the helmet, reckoned at fifteen pounds, so that these must weigh thirty pounds of avoirdupois weight:

and a target of brass between his shoulders;
the Targum is,

``a spear or shield of brass, which came out of the helmet, and a weight of brass upon his shoulders.''

Jarchi says the same, and that it was in the form of a spear to defend the neck from the sword; it seems to be a corslet of brass, worn between the helmet and the coat of mail for the defence of the neck, supposed to weigh thirty pounds ^F12

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Hesiod. Scutum Herc. ver. 122.
F12 Vid. Hostii Monomach. David & Goliath, c. 5.

1 Samuel 17:6 In-Context

4 Um guerreiro chamado Golias, que era de Gate, veio do acampamento filisteu. Tinha dois metros e noventa centímetros de altura.

5 Ele usava um capacete de bronze e vestia uma couraça de escamas de bronze que pesava sessenta quilos;

6 nas pernas usava caneleiras de bronze e tinha um dardo de bronze pendurado nas costas.

7 A haste de sua lança era parecida com uma lançadeira de tecelão, e sua ponta de ferro pesava sete quilos e duzentos gramas. Seu escudeiro ia à frente dele.

8 Golias parou e gritou às tropas de Israel: “Por que vocês estão se posicionando para a batalha? Não sou eu um filisteu, e vocês os servos de Saul? Escolham um homem para lutar comigo.