1 Samuel 17:5 (DBY)

Passage

And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 17:3 And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side; and the ravine was between them.

1 Samuel 17:4 And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

1 Samuel 17:5 And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

1 Samuel 17:6 And he had greaves of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders.

1 Samuel 17:7 And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and the shield-bearer went before him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "helmet", "bronze", "upon", "head", "clothed", "corselet", "scales", and "weight". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "helmet" and "bronze", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And there went out a champion from..." into verse 6's "And he had greaves of bronze upon...", so "helmet" and "bronze" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "helmet" and "bronze" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.