1 Samuel 17:16
“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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“Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
“And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.”
“Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”