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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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in the king
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1Ki 21:8; Ecc 8:4; Dan 4:1 |
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by posts
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Est 3:13; 2Ch 30:6; Job 9:25; Jer 51:21 |
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mules
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Rechesh, in Syriac, rechesha, probably denotes a swift horse. |
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camels
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Achashteranim, from the Persian akhash, large, and aster, a mule, probably, as Bochart supposes, denotes a large mule. |
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young dromedaries
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"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" |
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1Ki 21:8 |
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed [them] with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that [were] in his city, dwelling with Naboth. |
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Ecc 8:4 |
Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? |
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Dan 4:1 |
Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. |
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Est 3:13 |
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey. |
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2Ch 30:6 |
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. |
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Job 9:25 |
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. |
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Jer 51:21 |
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; |
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Isa 60:6 |
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. |
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Isa 66:20 |
And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. |
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Jer 2:23 |
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways; |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Esther 8:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Est/8/10.html>.
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