2 Chronicles 25:18-20

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¹⁸ King Joash replied with this parable: “Out in the Lebanon mountains a thistle demanded of a cedar tree, ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.’ Just then a wild animal came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it! ¹⁹ You are very proud about your conquest of Edom, but my advice is to stay home and don’t meddle with me, lest you and all Judah get badly hurt.”

²⁰ But Amaziah wouldn’t listen for God was arranging to destroy him for worshiping the gods of Edom.