If the original shekel is used, Goliath's armour (5000 shekels) weighs a little over 90 lbs.
The weight of 5000 shekels depends on the material being measured. In the ancient Hebrew system, the shekel was a unit of weight equivalent to about 11.5 grams. Therefore, 5000 shekels would weigh approximately 57,500 grams or 57.5 kilograms.
50 shekels weigh approximately 625 grams.
300 shekels would weigh approximately 7.2 pounds or 3.26 kilograms.
12.5884 pounds
1 401.74 U.S. dollars
600 shekels of iron would weigh approximately 7.2 kilograms.
600 shekels of iron would typically weigh approximately 15 kilograms.
It depends on which shekel (weight unit or currency) you are referring to.Shekel (sheqel, Akkadian: šiqlu or siqlu, Hebrew: שקל‎, pl. shekels, sheqels, sheqalim, Hebrew: שקלים‎), is any of several ancient units of weight or of currency. The first usage is from Mesopotamia around 3000 BC. Initially, it may have referred to a weight of barley. This shekel was about 180 grains (11 grams or .35 troy ounces). As with many ancient units, the shekel had a variety of values depending on era, government and region; weights between 9 and 17 grams, and values of 11, 14, and 17 grams are common.Since 1980, the shekel has been the currency of the modern state of Israel.
The value of 5000 shekels of brass would depend on the current market price of brass per shekel. You would need to multiply the number of shekels by the per-shekel price of brass to determine the total value.
The value is 77,6 oz (for the Mesopotamian shekel).
125 pounds (2000 ounces)
5000 pennies weigh about 27.5 pounds.