Ecclesiastes 2:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of mengirls of all sorts to be my brides.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:35

I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?

1 Kings 10:10

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

1 Kings 10:14

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

1 Kings 10:21

And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

1 Kings 11:3

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

1 Kings 14:27

So in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass, and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

1 Kings 9:14

And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

1 Kings 9:28

And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

1 Chronicles 25:1

Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

1 Chronicles 25:6

All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.

2 Chronicles 9:11

And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

Ezra 2:65

As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands?

Daniel 3:5

That when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to your ears, you are to go down on your faces in worship before the image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar the king has put up:

Daniel 3:7

So at that time, all the people, when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and all sorts of instruments, came to their ears, went down on their faces in worship before the image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up.

Amos 6:5

Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;