2 Raja-raja 14:9

Yoas mengirim balasan berupa perumpamaan, “Ada cerita, di pegunungan Libanon, tumbuhan semak berduri mengirim pesan kepada pohon aras, ‘Berikanlah anak perempuanmu menjadi menantuku.’ Tetapi kemudian, ketika seekor binatang liar lewat, semak duri itu terinjak dengan mudahnya sampai rata dengan tanah.

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.