Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

A wild beast

Bible References

Thistle

Judges 9:8
Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’
1 Kings 4:33
He spoke of trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon to the hyssop [vine] that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and fish.

A wild beast

Psalm 80:13

A boar from the woods eats it away,
And the insects of the field feed on it.