John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah the king of Judah ,.... By the return of his messengers: saying, the thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon ; intending by this proverbial way of speaking to humble the pride of Amaziah; comparing him to a thistle or thorn, a low, mean, abject, weak, prickly, and troublesome shrub, and himself to a cedar, a tree high and lofty, strong, large, and spreading: saying, give thy daughter to my son to wife ;... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 14:8-14
For several successions after the division of the kingdoms that of Judah suffered much by the enmity of Israel. After Asa's time, for several successions, it suffered more by the friendship of Israel, and by the alliance and affinity made with them. But now we meet with hostility between them again, which had not been for some ages before. I. Amaziah, upon no provocation, and without showing any cause of quarrel, challenged Joash into the field (2 Kgs. 14:8): ?Come, let us look one another in... read more