Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
- Numbers 35:6
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 13:1
Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
- 2 Kings 10:14
There were forty Fremen—she and Paul made it forty-two.