A weaver’s rod is a wooden stick that was used when weaving wool to make clothes. It is used as a reference to help readers understand the length and thickness of Goliath’s spear. The head of the spear weighed around six kilograms,1 and being made of iron, it used the latest technology available. Given this weight, the soldier would probably only throw the spear when he was relatively close to his opponent. If he could get the spear to lodge in his opponent’s shield or strike him on his body, it would give him a great advantage.
7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.