Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 14:9

9 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 .

By the thistle, a low and contemptible, yet troublesome, Shrub, he understands Amaziah; and by the cedar, himself, whom he intimates to be far stronger than he, and out of his reach.

Let us make a match, i. e. let us fight. Onely he expresseth this Bloody work in a civil manner, as Amaziah had done, ver. 8. and as Abner did, 2 Sam. 2. 14. Or, let thy Kingdom and mine be United under one King, as formerly they were; and let us decide it by a pitched Battel, whether thou or I shall be that King. Or, as some expound it, by affirming, That it was great arrogancy and presumption for him to desire a Friendly League or Affinity with him; he leaves him to guess how intolerable it was that he should undertake to wage War against him.

And with no less ease shall my Soldiers tread down thee and thy Forces.