Ecclesiastes 2:8

The Scriptures 2009

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

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 10:10

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 Sheḇa gave to Sovereign Shelomoh.

1 Kings 10:14

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

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 Leḇanon were of refined gold – not of silver, for this was reckoned of little value in the days of Shelomoh.

1 Kings 11:3

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

1 Kings 14:27

And Sovereign Reḥaḇ‛am made shields of bronze to replace them, and entrusted them into the hands of the chiefs of the guard, who guarded the entrance of the sovereign’s house.

1 Kings 9:14

And Ḥiram sent the sovereign one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

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.

1 Chronicles 25:1

And Dawiḏ and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, and of Hĕman, and of Yeḏuthun, who should prophesy with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. And the number of the workmen according to their service was:

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, Yeḏuthun, and Hĕman, at the hands of the sovereign.

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 Yehuḏah.

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

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

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 3:5

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 Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar has set up.

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 Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar had set up.

Amos 6:5

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