אַרְבָּעִים

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

…the descendants of Zattu, 945;

…the descendants of Bani, 642;

…the descendants of Azmaveth, 42;

…the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

…the men of Jericho, 345;

…the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.

…the descendants of Zattu, 845;

…the descendants of Binnui, 648;

…the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42;

…the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

…the men of Jericho, 345;

…the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.

…the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.

…in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

…and his associates, the leaders of families—242 men; Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;

After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

…in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.

No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.

I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.

And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”