2Ki 14:9 | TSK | e4.org | The thistle ; ; ; ; The word choach , which is rendered here, and in ; , thistle, in , thicket in , bramble, and in ; ; ; 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 ( ). 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.

‏ 2 Kings 14:9

The thistle Judg 9:8-15; 2Sam 12:1-4; 1Kgs 4:33; Ezek 20:49; The word choach, which is rendered here, and in 2Chr 25:18; Job 31:18, thistle, in 1Sam 13:6, thicket in Isa 34:13, bramble, and in 2Chr 33:11; Prov 26:9; Song 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 (2Chr 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.