Ecclesiastes 2:8
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I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:

silver

1 Kings 9:14,28 And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold. . . .

1 Kings 10:10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great store, and precious stones: there was brought no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.

1 Kings 14:21,22,27 And Roboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess. . . .

2 Chronicles 9:11,15-21 And the king made of the thyine trees stairs in the house of the Lord, and in the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singing men: never were there seen such trees in the land of Juda. . . .

men singers

2 Samuel 19:35 I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king?

Ezra 2:65 Besides their menservants, and womenservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven: and among them singing men, and singing women two hundred.

musical instruments

1 Chronicles 25:1,6 Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office. . . .

Job 21:11,12 Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play. . . .

Psalm 150:3-5 Praise him with the sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp. . . .

Daniel 3:5,7,15 That in the hour that you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of all kind of music, ye fall down and adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor hath set up. . . .

Amos 6:5 You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;

Context
The Futility of Pleasure
7I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem: 8I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:9And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:35
I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king?

1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Ophir; and they brought from thence to king Solomon four hundred and twenty talents of gold.

1 Kings 10:10
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great store, and precious stones: there was brought no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.

1 Kings 10:14
And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon every year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold:

Lexicon
and I
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

accumulated
כָּנַ֤סְתִּי (kā·nas·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3664: To collect, to enfold

for myself
לִי֙ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

silver
כֶּ֣סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

and gold
וְזָהָ֔ב (wə·zā·hāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and the treasure
וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת (ū·sə·ḡul·laṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5459: Possession, property

of kings
מְלָכִ֖ים (mə·lā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

and provinces.
וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת (wə·ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region

I gathered
עָשִׂ֨יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

to myself
לִ֜י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

male and
שָׁרִ֣ים (šā·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7891: To sing

female singers,
וְשָׁר֗וֹת (wə·šā·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7891: To sing

and the delights
וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת (wə·ṯa·‘ă·nū·ḡōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8588: Daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight

of the sons
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of men—
הָאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

many
שִׁדָּ֥ה (šid·dāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7705: Perhaps a mistress

concubines.
וְשִׁדּֽוֹת׃ (wə·šid·dō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7705: Perhaps a mistress


Additional Translations
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.I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, concubines very many.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and of the provinces: I procured me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and of all sorts.

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man -- a wife and wives.
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