3 - even more examples from the Old Testament

 

1. Three times a year was the number of times Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD along with them, and so fulfilling his temple obligations. 1 kings 9:25
2. Three years was the time between each return of Solomon's fleet of trading ships carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons. 1 Kings 10:22
3. Three days is the length of time Rehoboam gave himself to respond to the people who wanted to know his future policy 1 Kings 12:5, 12
4. Three years is the length of time Abijah reigned in Jerusalem 1 Kings 15:2
5. Three times is the number of time Elijah stretched himself out on the dead boy to raise him to life 1 Kings 17:21
6. Three days is the length of time the fifty looked for Elijah after he was take up to heaven 2 Kings 2:17
7. Three times is the number of times King Jehoash struck the ground with the arrows just before Elisha died, meaning only three victories over Aram 2 Kings 13:18, 19, 25
8. Three years is the length of time Jehoiakim was vassal to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon after he invaded the land before Jehoiakim rebelled. 2 Kings 24:1
9. Three months is the length of time Jehoiachin reigned in Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:8
10. Three is the number of sons born to Judah by a Canaanite woman, who was daughter to Shua. Their names - Er, Onan and Shelah. 1 Chronicles 1:24