Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Kings 14:9

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The thistle: Jdg 9:8-15; Sa2 12:1-4; Kg1 4:33; Eze 20:49; The word choach, which is rendered here, and in Ch2 25:18; Job 31:18, thistle, in Sa1 13:6, thicket in Isa 34:13, bramble, and in Ch2 33:11; Pro 26:9; Sol 2:2; Hos 9:6 thorn, is probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the prunus spinosa of Linneus, as the same word signifies in Arabic. There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash; but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah ( Ch2 25:10-13). The comparatively useless thorn, which may by chance lacerate the incautious passenger, is made the emblem of the house of Judah and David, while the house of Jehu is represented by the stately cedar. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 14:10

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