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Ecclesiastes 2:8

and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

Ecclesiastes 2:8 BSB

Ecclesiastes 2:8 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Kings 10:10 (6 votes) and 2 Samuel 19:35 (5 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 4 to Matthew 13.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:8 point to?

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

  1. 1 Kings 10:106 votes

    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

  2. 2 Samuel 19:355 votes

    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

  3. 1 Kings 9:285 votes

    They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.

  4. 1 Kings 10:143 votes

    The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

  5. 1 Kings 9:142 votes

    And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.

  6. 1 Kings 10:212 votes

    All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

  7. 1 Kings 14:21–222 votes

    Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned 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 all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.

  8. 1 Kings 14:272 votes

    Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

  9. 1 Chronicles 25:12 votes

    Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

  10. 1 Chronicles 25:62 votes

    All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

  11. 2 Chronicles 9:112 votes
  12. 2 Chronicles 9:15–212 votes
  13. Ezra 2:652 votes
  14. Job 21:11–122 votes
  15. Psalm 150:3–52 votes
  16. Daniel 3:52 votes
  17. Daniel 3:72 votes
  18. Daniel 3:152 votes
  19. Amos 6:52 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:8?

The 10 strongest of 17.