Ecclesiastes 2:8 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:8

8: I collected great sums of silver and gold, the treasure of many kings and provinces. I hired wonderful singers, both men and women, and had many beautiful concubines. I had everything a man could desire!

1 Kings 10:10

  1. Then she gave the king a gift of nine thousand pounds of gold, and great quantities of spices and precious jewels. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

2 Samuel 19:35

  1. I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the musicians as they play. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.

1 Kings 9:28

  1. They sailed to Ophir and brought back to Solomon some sixteen tons of gold.

1 Kings 10:14

  1. Each year Solomon received about twenty-five tons of gold.

1 Chronicles 25:1

  1. David and the army commanders then appointed men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to proclaim God's messages to the accompaniment of harps, lyres, and cymbals. Here is a list of their names and their work:

1 Kings 10:21

  1. All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver because silver was considered of little value in Solomon's day!

1 Kings 9:14

  1. Hiram had sent Solomon nine thousand pounds of gold.

Job 21:11

  1. Their children skip about like lambs in a flock of sheep.
  2. They sing with tambourine and harp. They make merry to the sound of the flute.

Amos 6:5

  1. You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and you fancy yourselves to be great musicians, as King David was.

Daniel 3:7

  1. So at the sound of the musical instruments, all the people, whatever their race or nation or language, bowed to the ground and worshiped the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

1 Kings 14:21

  1. Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
  2. During Rehoboam's reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 9:11

  1. The king used the almug wood to make steps for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to construct harps and lyres for the musicians. Never before had there been such beautiful instruments in Judah.)

2 Chronicles 9:15

  1. King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each containing over 15 pounds of gold.
  2. He also made three hundred smaller shields of hammered gold, each containing about 7 1/2 pounds of gold. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
  3. Then the king made a huge ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
  4. The throne had six steps, and there was a footstool of gold attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with the figure of a lion standing on each side of the throne.
  5. Solomon made twelve other lion figures, one standing on each end of each of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it!

1 Kings 14:27

  1. Afterward Rehoboam made bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the palace guard officers.

Psalms 150:3

  1. Praise him with a blast of the trumpet; praise him with the lyre and harp!
  2. Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes!
  3. Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals.

Ezra 2:65

  1. in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women.

1 Chronicles 25:6

  1. All these men were under the direction of their fathers as they made music at the house of the LORD. Their responsibilities included the playing of cymbals, lyres, and harps at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman reported directly to the king.

Daniel 3:15

  1. I will give you one more chance. If you bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments, all will be well. But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. What god will be able to rescue you from my power then?"

Daniel 3:5

  1. When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other instruments, bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar's gold statue.
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