Ecclesiastes 2:4

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. 1 Kings 7:1–125 votes

   Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace. He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. …

2. Genesis 11:43 votes

   “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

3. Deuteronomy 8:12–143 votes

   Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied, …

4. 2 Samuel 18:183 votes

   During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

5. 1 Kings 9:13 votes

   Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

6. 1 Kings 10:19–203 votes

   The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

7. 1 Kings 15:193 votes

   “Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

8. 1 Chronicles 27:273 votes

   Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.

9. 2 Chronicles 8:1–63 votes

   Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace, Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there. …

10. 2 Chronicles 8:113 votes

    Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

11. 2 Chronicles 26:103 votes

    Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

12. Psalm 49:113 votes
13. Song of Solomon 7:123 votes
14. Song of Solomon 8:11–123 votes
15. Isaiah 5:13 votes
16. Daniel 4:303 votes
17. Song of Solomon 1:142 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:4?

The 10 strongest of 17.

• Song of Solomon 8:11 6
• Deuteronomy 8:12 4
• Ecclesiastes 2:25 4
• 1 Kings 7:1 3
• Psalm 127:2 3
• Genesis 4:17 2
• 2 Samuel 5:11 2
• 1 Kings 9:1 2
• 2 Chronicles 7:11 2
• 2 Chronicles 8:6 2