2Ki 14:9-11, Job 31:24-25, Psa 49:6, 52:1, Jer 9:23-24, Eze 28:2 | TSK | STEP | The thistle. The word {choach,} which is rendered here, and in 2 Ch 25:18; Job 31:18, thistle, in 1 Sa 13:6, thicket in Isa 34:13, bramble, and in 2 Ch 33:11; Pr 26:9; So 2:2; Ho 9:6 thorn, is probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the {prunus spinosa} of Linnæus, 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. (2 Ch 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.

2 Kings 14:9-11

The thistle.

Jud 9:8-15; 2Sa 12:1-4; 1Ki 4:33; Eze 20:49The word {choach,} which is rendered here, and in 2 Ch 25:18; Job 31:18, thistle, in 1 Sa 13:6, thicket in Isa 34:13, bramble, and in 2 Ch 33:11; Pr 26:9; So 2:2; Ho 9:6 thorn, is probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the {prunus spinosa} of Linnæus, 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. (2 Ch 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.

thine heart.

De 8:14; 2Ch 26:16; 32:25; Pr 16:18; Eze 38:2,5,17; Da 5:20-23

Hab 2:4; Jas 4:6

glory of this.

Ex 8:9; Jer 9:23,24; Jas 1:9

home. Heb. thy house. why shouldest.

2Ch 35:21; Pr 3:30; 15:18; 17:14; 20:3; 25:8; 26:17; Lu 14:31,32

Amaziah.

2Ch 25:16,20

Beth-shemesh.

Jos 19:38; 21:16; 1Sa 6:9-19

Job 31:24-25

Ge 31:1; De 8:12-14; Ps 49:6,7,17; 52:7; 62:10; Pr 10:15; 11:28

Pr 30:9; Mr 10:24; Lu 12:15; Col 3:5; 1Ti 6:10,17

rejoiced.

Es 5:11; Pr 23:5; Jer 9:23; Eze 28:5; Lu 12:19; 16:19,25

because.

De 8:17,18; Isa 10:13,14; Da 4:30; Ho 12:8; Hab 1:16

gotten much. Heb. found much.

Psalms 49:6

trust.

52:7; 62:10; Job 31:24,25; Pr 10:15; 23:5; Mr 10:24; 1Ti 6:17

boast.

Es 5:11; Jer 9:23; Eze 28:4,5; Ho 12:8; Lu 12:19

Psalms 52:1

1 David, condemning the spitefulness of Doeg, prophesies his destruction.

6 The righteous shall rejoice at it.

8 David, upon his confidence in God's mercy, gives thanks.

A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) Doeg.

54:3; 1Sa 21:7; 22:9-19

told.

59:7; Jer 9:8; Ex 22:9

boastest.

10:2,3; 94:4; Ro 1:30; 2Ti 3:2

mischief.

7:14; 10:7; 36:3-6; Pr 6:14,18; Isa 59:4; Mic 7:3

O mighty.

Ge 6:4,5; 10:8,9; 1Sa 21:7

goodness.

103:17; 107:1; 137:1,2; 1Jo 4:7,8

Jeremiah 9:23-24

wise.

Job 5:12-14; Ps 49:10-13,16-18; Ec 2:13-16,19; 9:11; Isa 5:21

Isa 10:12,13; Eze 28:2-9; Ro 1:22; 1Co 1:19-21,27-29; 3:18-20

Jas 3:14-16

neither.

De 8:17; 1Sa 17:4-10,42; 1Ki 20:10,11; Ps 33:16,17; Isa 10:8

Isa 36:8,9; Eze 29:9; Da 3:15; 4:30,31,37; 5:18-23; Am 2:14-16

Ac 12:22,23

rich.

Job 31:24,25; Ps 49:6-9; 52:6,7; 62:10; Pr 11:4; Eze 7:19; Zep 1:18

Mr 10:24; Lu 12:19,20; 1Ti 6:10

let him.

4:2; Ps 44:8; Isa 41:16; 45:25; Ro 5:11; *Gr:

1Co 1:31; 2Co 10:17; Ga 6:14; Php 3:3

knoweth.

31:33,34; Ps 91:14; Mt 11:27; Lu 10:22; Joh 17:3; 2Co 4:6; 1Jo 5:20

loving-kindness.

Ex 34:5-7; Ps 36:5-7; 51:1; 145:7,8; 146:7-9; Ro 3:25,26

for.

1Sa 15:22; Ps 99:4; Isa 61:8; Mic 6:8; 7:18

Ezekiel 28:2

the prince.Josephus states, on the authority of Menander, who translated the Phoenician annals into Greek, and Philostratus, that this prince was Ithobal.

Because.

5,17; 31:10; De 8:14; 2Ch 26:16; Pr 16:18; 18:12; Isa 2:12; Da 5:22

Da 5:23; Hab 2:4; 1Ti 3:6; 1Pe 5:5

I am.

6,9; Ge 3:5; Ac 12:22,23; Re 17:3

I sit.

12-14; Isa 14:13,14; Da 4:30,31; 2Th 2:4

in the midst. Heb. in the heart.

27:3,4,26,27; *marg:

yet.

9; Ps 9:20; 72:6,7; Isa 31:3

thou set.

6; 2Th 2:4