2 Krönikeboken 25:18

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Men Joas, Israels konung, sände då till Amasja, Juda konung, och lät svara: »Törnbusken på Libanon sände en gång bud till cedern på Libanon och lät säga: 'Giv din dotter åt min son till hustru.' Men sedan gingo markens djur på Libanon fram över törnbusken och trampade ned den.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thistle: or, furze-bush, or thorn, Judges 9:8-15, 1 Kings 4:33

a wild beast: Heb. a beast of the field, Psalms 80:13

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:9 - The thistle 2 Chronicles 18:22 - and the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 18 :-

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 25:18. The thistle that was in Lebanon — See the explanation of this 2 Kings 14:9. After reciting this fable, the Targum adds, "Thus hast thou done in the time thou didst send unto me, and didst lead up from the house of Israel a hundred thousand strong warriors for a hundred talents of silver: and after they were sent, thou didst not permit them to go with thee to war, but didst send them back, greatly enraged, so that they spread themselves over the country; and having cut off three thousand, they brought back much spoil."