Esther 8:10 (KJV)

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And he wrote in the king Ah uerus’ name and sealed it with the king’s ring and sent letters by posts on horseback and riders on mules camels and young dromedaries

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Cross-references

in the king. 1Ki 21:8 Ec 8:4 Da 4:1

by posts. Es 3:13 2Ch 30:6 Job 9:25 Jer 51:21

young dromedaries.{Beney harammachim,} "the sons of mares," as the word {ramakat} denotes in Arabic; probably an expletive of the preceeding word. Isa 60:6 Isa 66:20 Jer 2:23

mules.{Rechesh,} in Syriac, {rechesha,} probably denotes a swift horse. camels.{Achashteranim,} from the Persian {akhash,} large, and {aster,} a mule, probably, as Bochart supposes, denotes a large mule.

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