Study it in the app“Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then an animal of the field that is in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.”
Joashיוֹאָשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsentוַיִּשְׁלַחto Amaziahאֶל אֲמַצְיָהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“The thistleהַחוֹחַthatאֲשֶׁרis in Lebanonבַּלְּבָנוֹןsentשָׁלַחto the cedarאֶל הָאֶרֶזthatאֲשֶׁרis in Lebanon,בַּלְּבָנוֹןsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Giveתְּנָהyour daughterאֶת בִּתְּךָto my sonלִבְנִיas wife.’לְאִשָּׁהThen an animalחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהthatאֲשֶׁרis in Lebanonבַּלְּבָנוֹןpassed byוַתַּעֲבֹרand trampledוַתִּרְמֹסthe thistle.אֶת הַחוֹחַ
Joash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsAmaziah
Amaziah: a name meaning "YHWH is strong." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Joash (2 Kings 12:21; 14); also a priest of Bethel in Amos's time (Amos 7:10) and two other men (1 Chronicles 4:34; 6:45).
Where else “amatsyahu” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsthistle
A wild plant full of prickles that grows on abandoned land.
Where else “choach” appearsLebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appearscedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “erez” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bit” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavor” appearstrample
Tread, trample with the feet: the potter's clay, grapes, or a person or thing crushed under those passing by. In 2 Kings 7:17, 20 the people, rushing out through the gate, trample the officer and he dies.
Where else “tirmos” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Amaziah against Joash of Israel
2 Chronicles 25:17-24
17Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look each other in the face.” 18Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then an animal of the field that is in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle. 19You have said, ‘Look, I have struck Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up to glory in it. Now stay in your house. Why should you provoke evil and fall, you and Judah with you?” 20But Amaziah did not listen, for it was from Elohim, in order to give them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought the gods of Edom. 21So Joash king of Israel went up, and they looked each other in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22Judah was struck down before Israel, and they fled, each to his tent. 23And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, Joash king of Israel seized at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits. 24He took all the gold and the silver, and all the utensils that were found in the house of Elohim with Obed-edom, and the treasuries of the house of the king, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look each other in the face.” 9Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then an animal of the field that is in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle. 10You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in it, and stay in your house. Why should you provoke evil and fall, you and Judah with you?” 11But Amaziah did not listen. So Joash king of Israel went up, and they looked each other in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12Judah was struck down before Israel, and they fled, each to his tent. 13And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash son of Ahaziah, Joash king of Israel seized at Beth-shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits. 14He took all the gold and the silver, and all the utensils that were found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
17Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look each other in the face.”
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19You have said, ‘Look, I have struck Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up to glory in it. Now stay in your house. Why should you provoke evil and fall, you and Judah with you?”
