A footnote, taking the reader to the back of the book, to a brief section titled “Translation Notes”, informs us : “Two - thirds of a shekel, about 10 grams of silver . ” However, on the text page itself, there is a brief note, authored by Dr . Michael Carasik, explaining how we know the weight of a pim and noting that the word likely has Sumerian roots . The color picture of a pim - weight, identified as a 7 th c . BCE find from Arad, helps to bring the word, the notion, and the text to life . On the same page, there are several similar textboxes about farm tools of the period, as well as an entry about the road mentioned a few verses earlier, with a clear photograph of where that road likely ran . All of this makes for an attractive, informative foray into the story of Saul and the beleaguered state of his militia in advance of his planned uprising against the Philistine overlords . Among all this illustrative information, there is no mention of the translation history of the pim . W...
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