'Three' in the Bible

David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.

He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.

There were three lines of window-frames, window facing window in every line.

And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines.

The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

It was supported on twelve oxen, with their back parts turned to the middle of it, three of them facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east; the vessel was resting on top of them.

And he made ten wheeled bases of brass; every one four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.

And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.

For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.

Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.