Lexicon :: Strong's H705 - 'arbāʿîm

About forty thousand equipped for war crossed to the plains of Jericho in the LORD’s presence.

For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness forty years until all the nation’s men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

“I was forty years old when Moses the LORD’s servant sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout the land, and I brought back an honest report.

Within the Israelite possession there were forty-eight cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.

Then the land had peace for forty years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Israel chose new gods,

then there was war in the city gates.

Not a shield or spear was seen

among forty thousand in Israel.

So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat. The land had peace for forty years during the days of Gideon.

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and executed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim died.

The Israelites again did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines forty years.

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off the chair by the city gate, and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel forty years.

Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.

Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel; he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

David was thirty years old when he began his reign; he reigned forty years.

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers.[fn] He also struck down Shobach commander of their army, who died there.

When four[fn] years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.

The length of time David reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Solomon had forty thousand[fn] stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place,[fn] was sixty feet[fn] long.

It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that rested on forty-five pillars, fifteen per row.

The length of Solomon’s reign in Jerusalem over all Israel totaled forty years.

Now Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king; he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city where the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s[fn] name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the children.

Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift: forty camel-loads of all the finest products of Damascus. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son, King Ben-hadad of Aram, has sent me to ask you, ‘Will I recover from this sickness? ’ ”

Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and then slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked ​— ​forty-two men. He didn’t spare any of them.

In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.

In the fifteenth year of Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years.

The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army ​— ​men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.

From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle.

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach, commander of the army.

From the Hebronites: Jerijah was the head of the Hebronites, according to the family records of his ancestors. A search was made in the fortieth year of David’s reign and strong, capable men were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.

The length of his reign over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron for seven years and in Jerusalem for thirty-three.

Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

King Rehoboam established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

Asa rested with his ancestors; he died in the forty-first year of his reign.

Ahaziah was twenty-two[fn] years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter[fn] of Omri.

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.

The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as a pound[fn] of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.