In my book, I used "stones" as a source of weight measurement. Those of us from the U.S. don't use "stones" to measure human weight, but they do in England and Ireland. A "stone" is about fourteen pounds, so a person who weighs about 140 pounds would weigh about ten stones. Yeshua, for instance, might have weighed about ten stones, and Shlomo might have weighed more in the region of twenty, or 280 pounds, because he was a large man.
For those who are interested, a "span" is about nine inches, or the length of the King's hand from his longest fingertip to his wrist. A "cubit"is about eighteen inches, or the length of the King's hand and arm from his longest fingertip to his elbow. A "stadia" is about six hundred feet, a "hectare" is the old Greek land measurement equaling about two-and-a-half acres, and a Roman mile is about 1620 yards or 4860 feet. Now you know, and can win game shows.
No comments:
Post a Comment