Ecclesiastes 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

I amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasures of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and delights of men, many women.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:35

But Barzillai answered the king: “How much longer have I to live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

1 Kings 10:10

Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty gold talents, a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again did anyone bring such an abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

1 Kings 10:14

The gold that came to Solomon in one year weighed six hundred and sixty-six gold talents,

1 Kings 10:21

All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the house of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, for in Solomon’s time silver was reckoned as nothing.

1 Kings 11:3

He had as wives seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and they turned his heart.

1 Kings 14:27

To replace them, King Rehoboam made bronze shields, which he entrusted to the officers of the guard on duty at the entrance of the royal house.

1 Kings 9:14

Hiram, however, had sent King Solomon one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

1 Kings 9:28

They went to Ophir, and obtained four hundred and twenty talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.

1 Chronicles 25:1

David and the leaders of the liturgy set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who prophesied to the accompaniment of lyres and harps and cymbals. This is the list of those who performed this service:

1 Chronicles 25:6

All these, whether of Asaph, Jeduthun, or Heman, were under their fathers’ direction in the singing in the house of the Lord to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres, serving in the house of God, under the guidance of the king.

2 Chronicles 9:11

With the cabinet wood the king made stairs for the house of the Lord and the house of the king, and harps and lyres for the chanters. The like of these had not been seen before in the land of Judah.

Ezra 2:65

not counting their male and female servants, who numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!

Daniel 3:15

Now, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I made, whenever you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, then all will be well; if not, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace; and who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?”

Daniel 3:5

when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, you must fall down and worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

Daniel 3:7

Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, the nations and peoples of every language all fell down and worshiped the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Amos 6:5

Who improvise to the music of the harp, composing on musical instruments like David,