NUMBER FORTY (40-3)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

0. Introduction

a) Forty is mentioned 146 times in Scripture. It points to or symbolizes trial and testing, or probation. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 40 can be found in the Bible.

1. Forty (40) Years of Probation by Prosperity in Enlarged Dominion

i) under King David, 2Samuel 5:4,

ii) under King Solomon, 1Kings 11:42,

iii) under King Jeroboam II. See 2Kings 12:17,18, 13:3,5,7,22,25, 14:12-14,23,28,

iv) under King Jehoash, 2Kings 12:1,

v) under King Joash, 2Chronicles 24:1.

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