David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.

Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.