And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,