And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. (3:11)

So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but [let] them that love him [be] as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. (5:31)

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. (8:28)