Forty: Years: Peace in Israel

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,