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

It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

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