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40, Forty

During the flood, rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (Genesis 7:12) Noah waited 40 days after the waters abated before sending out a raven and dove to test if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. (Genesis 8:6-7)

Goliath challenged the army of the Living God for 40 days. (1 Samuel 17:16)

David reigned 40 years. (Beginning at age 30, 7 in Hebron over Judah and 33 in Jerusalem over all Israel)

And [Elijah] arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. (1 Kings 19:4-8)