Ecclesiastes 2:8 References

8 Also, I collected for myself silver and agold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself bmale and female singers and the pleasures of men--many concubines.

a 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 10:10, 1 Kings 10:14, 1 Kings 10:21


1 Kings 9

28 They went to aOphir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

1 Kings 10

10 aShe gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

1 Kings 10

14 aNow the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

1 Kings 10

21 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

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