'Forty Years' in the Bible

The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!" And the land had rest for forty years.

The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites' fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon's time.

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.