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He wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king`s ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king`s service, bred of the stud:
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Sealed with Royal Authority
Commentator John Gill highlights that when Mordecai wrote in the king's name and used his seal, the new decree carried the full, irreversible authority of the Persian empire. This was crucial because it made the edict to save the Jews as powerful and official as Haman's edict to destroy them.
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Esther
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Riders on mules, camels and young dromedaries - Most moderns translate this as “riders upon coursers and mules, the offspring of mares;” but…
19th Century
Anglican
Posts. — The posts. Literally, the runners. (See Note on Esther 1:22.)
Riders on mules. — Rather,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he wrote in the King Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring Which ga…
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