Ecclesiastes 2:8

Good News Translation

I also piled up silver and gold from the royal treasuries of the lands I ruled. Men and women sang to entertain me, and I had all the women a man could want.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:35

I am already eighty years old, and nothing gives me pleasure any more. I can't taste what I eat and drink, and I can't hear the voices of singers. I would only be a burden to Your Majesty.

1 Kings 10:10

She presented to King Solomon the gifts she had brought: almost five tons of gold and a very large amount of spices and jewels. The amount of spices she gave him was by far the greatest that he ever received at any time. (

1 Kings 10:14

Every year King Solomon received over twenty-five tons of gold,

1 Kings 10:21

All of Solomon's drinking cups were made of gold, and all the utensils in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. No silver was used, since it was not considered valuable in Solomon's day.

1 Kings 11:3

Solomon married seven hundred princesses and also had three hundred concubines. They made him turn away from God,

1 Kings 14:27

To replace them, King Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.

1 Kings 9:14

Hiram had sent Solomon almost five tons of gold.

1 Kings 9:28

They sailed to the land of Ophir and brought back to Solomon about sixteen tons of gold.

1 Chronicles 25:1

King David and the leaders of the Levites chose the following Levite clans to lead the worship services: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. They were to proclaim God's messages, accompanied by the music of harps and cymbals. This is the list of persons chosen to lead the worship, with the type of service that each group performed:

1 Chronicles 25:6

All of his sons played cymbals and harps under their father's direction, to accompany the Temple worship. And Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under orders from the king.

2 Chronicles 9:11

Solomon used the wood to make stairs for the Temple and for his palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like that had ever been seen before in the land of Judah.)

Ecclesiastes 1:2

It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.

Daniel 3:15

Now then, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, oboes, lyres, zithers, harps, and all the other instruments, bow down and worship the statue. If you do not, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. Do you think there is any god who can save you?”

Daniel 3:5

You will hear the sound of the trumpets, followed by the playing of oboes, lyres, zithers, and harps; and then all the other instruments will join in. As soon as the music starts, you are to bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

Daniel 3:7

And so, as soon as they heard the sound of the instruments, the people of all the nations, races, and languages bowed down and worshiped the gold statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Amos 6:5

You like to compose songs, as David did, and play them on harps.