Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 25:18:

• Kupsabiny: “Joash answered, ‘Long ago there was a thistle in Lebanon and it sent a message to the cedar saying, ‘Give me your daughter for my son to take her as his wife.’ Then, an animal came from Lebanon and destroyed that thistle completely!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Jehoash, king of Israel, answered Amaziah, king of Judah, like this, "Once in the mountains of Lebanon a thorn plant sent this message to a cedar tree, ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.’ A wild animal trampled that thorn plant.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But King Jehoash answered him through this story: ‘There in Lebanon there (was) a thorny plant that sent this message to a cedar tree: ‘Have your daughter marry my son.’ But there (was) a wild animal that came-by and it trampled the thorny plant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, ‘One time a thistle growing in the mountains in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.” (Source: Translation for Translators)