His coat of armor weighed 5000 shekels or 41.65 kg (91 pounds 11.8 ounces), where 1 shekel = 8.33 g (0.29-oz), which does not account for the brass greaves and helmet and gorget (“target”). His iron spearhead weighed 600 shekels or just shy of 5 kg (11 pounds).
How much does the average spear weigh?
Spears, in general, about 1 – 2 kg, halberds 3 – 4 kg, but there’s quite a bit of range. i recently did some spear length comparations in medieval art, and the length seems to go from a head taller (so, just a bit short of 2 m) to almost three heads taller (3 m).
How much did 600 shekels iron weigh?
The Goliath sword weighed 600 shekels, or about 15 kg. On the other hand, a normal longsword usually weighs between 2 1/2 kg.