And the land was at rest [from oppression for] forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel for eight years.

Now Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

“So let all Your enemies perish, O Lord;
But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.”

And the land was at rest for forty years.

So Midian was subdued and humbled before the sons of Israel, and they no longer lifted up their heads [in pride]. And the land was at rest for forty years in the days of Gideon.