Don't know where it says it but even if it does it is certainly no longer applicable as in those times, at 40 you were ancient and most likely about to die whilst nowadays you're just past your prime.
A:Both David and Solomon are reported in the Bible as reigning for exactly forty years. Historians say this coincidence is so improbable that the length of neither reign could not be relied on as historical.
The old testament
Deuteronomy 29:4, "I have led you in the wilderness for forty years".
The number 40 must be something special to the authors of the Bible since it occurs several times. The Flood of Noah lasted for forty days. Moses ran away to Midian at the age of forty and stayed in Midian for forty years. He spent forty days on Mount Sinai, getting the Commandments. After escaping Egypt, the Israelites spent forty years wandering in the desert. The spies from that Exodus spent forty days in Canaan. Ninevah was allowed forty days to repent (Jonah 3). Elijah and Jesus both fasted for forty days. Jesus spent forty days on earth after the resurrecton. Israel's Judges judged for forty-year terms. Kings Saul, David and Solomon each reigned for forty years.
The duration of Forty Years is 1.42 hours.
Type your answer here... Forty years is 4 decades or two score years.
In The Bible, the Israelites wandered for forty years before they entered Canaan.In history, on the other hand, there was no Exodus from Egypt and no militiary conquest of Canaan as described in the Bible. The Israelites did not travel from Egypt to Canaan.
Forty Years On - song - was created in 1872.
Forty Years' War happened in 1385.
Forty Years was created on 1938-08-28.
God's Word, the Bible, was written by forty different people over a series of thousands of years. God inspired every word that is in the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16) and man wrote it down accordingly.
The bible was written by more than 7 men, 44 I think.