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
One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.
1 Kings 4:33
He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

A wild beast

Psalm 80:13
It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain