2 Chronicles 35:25

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²⁵Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.^(A) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.^(B)

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Ezra 2:65

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⁶⁵besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.^(A)

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Ecclesiastes 2:8

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⁸I amassed silver and gold^(A) for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.^(B) I acquired male and female singers,^(C) and a harem^[a] as well—the delights of a man’s heart.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

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Ecclesiastes 12:1

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12 Remember^(A) your Creator
    in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble^(B) come
    and the years approach when you will say,
    “I find no pleasure in them”—