Ecclesiastes 2:8

The Scriptures 1998

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasures of sovereigns and of the provinces. I provided male and female singers for myself, and the pleasures of men – a woman and women.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:10

And she gave the sovereign one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones. Never again did so many spices come as the sovereigness of Sheḇ

1 Kings 9:28

And they went to Ophir, and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to Sovereign Shelomoh.

2 Samuel 19:35

“I am now eighty years old. Do I discern between the good and evil? Does your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Do I still hear the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my master the sovereign?

1 Kings 10:14

And the weight of gold that came to Shelomoh yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

Amos 6:5

who are singing to the sound of the harp, having composed songs for themselves like Dawiḏ

Daniel 3:15

“Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the lyre, the harp, the pipes, and all kinds of instruments, and you fall down and do obeisance to the image which I have made, good! But if you do not do obeisance, you are immediately thrown into the midst of a burning furnace of fire. And who is the elah who does deliver you from my hands?”

Daniel 3:7

So as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the lyre, the harp, all kinds of instruments, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and did obeisance to the gold image that Sovereign Neḇ

Daniel 3:5

that as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the lyre, the harp, the pipes, and all kinds of instruments, you shall fall down and do obeisance to the gold image that Sovereign Neḇ

Ezra 2:65

besides their male and female servants – these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred men and women singers.

2 Chronicles 9:11

And the sovereign made stairs of the algum wood for the House of יהוה  and for the sovereign’s house, also lyres and harps for singers. And there was never seen the like of them before in the land of Yehuḏ

1 Chronicles 25:6

All these were at the hands of their father for song in the House of יהוה, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the House of Elohim: Asaph, Yeḏ

1 Chronicles 25:1

And Dawiḏ

1 Kings 14:27

And Sovereign Reḥ

1 Kings 10:21

And all the drinking vessels of Sovereign Shelomoh were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Leḇ

1 Kings 9:14

And Ḥ

1 Kings 11:3

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Futility! Futility!” says Qoheleth. “Futility, futility, all is futile!”