6And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
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Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)It was not long ago that the Philistines were soundly beaten, and put to the worse, before Israel, and they would have been totally routed if Saul’s rashness had not prevented; but here we have them making head again. Observe, I. How they defied Israel with their armies , 1 Sam. 17:1. They made a descent upon the Israelites’ country, and possessed themselves, as it should seem, of some part of it,…
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