Verse 7
7. The staff of his spear So the Keri, and the parallel passages in 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5. But the Kethib here reads, חצ חניתו , arrow of his spear, that is, the arrow-head, or iron point, of his javelin. The Keri is to be preferred.
Like a weaver’s beam Like the large cylinder of wood on which the weaver winds his warp before weaving, or that on which the cloth is rolled as it is woven. Perhaps the reference is to the upright standards of the loom. See cut of ancient loom at Judges 16:13. Six hundred shekels About eighteen pounds.
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