Esther 8:10

1 Kings 21:8; 2 Chronicles 30:6; Daniel 4:1; Ecclesiastes 8:4; Esther 3:13; Isaiah 60:6; Isaiah 66:20; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 51:21; Job 9:25

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Riders on mules, camels and young dromedaries - Most moderns translate “riders upon coursers and mules, the offspring of mares;” but the words tr...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 8. The King Decrees that the Jews may Defend Themselves. We come now to one of the most important parts of the tale. Esther has seen Haman p...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

posts on horseback . couriers on horseback. Haman's "posts" were runners on foot ( Esther 3:13 ; Esther 3:15 ), hut speed was now essential. See E...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, &c.— Josephus has given us a true copy, as he says, of this decree, or, as he terms it, of the letter...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews are Saved 1. Did.. of Haman] The property of Haman, after his execution, was confiscated to the use of the king, to be disposed of as he...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Riders on mules, etc.] RV 'riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Posts. — The posts. Literally, the runners. (See Note on Esther 1:22 .) Riders on mules. — Rather, on horses of great speed; the “swift bea...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Courage Rewarded Esther 8:1-17 The ring symbolized royal power and authority; by this sign Mordecai was suddenly raised to the position formerl...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The deposition and death of Haman issued naturally in the promotion of Mordecai. However, the peril to his people was not yet averted. The royal proc...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he wrote in the King Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring ,.... Which gave the letters authority, and made them irreversible, and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed [it] with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, [and] riders on mules, camels...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he wrote in King Ahasuerus's name Josephus has given us a true copy, as he says, of this decree; or, as he terms it, of the letters which Artax...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A SECOND EDICT CONCERNING THE JEWS (vv. 1-17) In all of the history we have considered, we cannot but discern the working of God as will be the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Jews Encouraged to Self-Defence. B. C. 510....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which were not employed in the sending of the former letter; but this coming later required more care and speed, that the Jews might be eased from th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 8:10 .] Posts on horseback. On horseback, on coursers, government coursers, the sons of the stud.— Keil . Sent letters...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 8:1 . On that day did the king give. The LXX read, “In that day king Artaxerxes gave to queen Esther all the substance of the diabolical Ha...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen. A monarch’s imbecility Always distrust the man who is the victim of circumstances. Great me...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION HAMAN 'S HOUSE GIVEN TO ESTHER , AND THE KING 'S SIGNET MADE OVER . TO MORDECAI ( Esther 8:1 , Esther 8:2 ). Tw...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Decree of Ahasuerus and its Effect
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he, Mordecai, wrote in the King Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, as he had been empowered to do, and sent letters by posts...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Riders — Which were not employed in sending the former letter: but this coming later required more care and speed, that the Jews might be eased fro...

¹⁰ And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

Related Commentaries of Esther 8:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Esther 8:10