Thematic Bible: On errands requiring despatch
Thematic Bible
Travelers » On errands requiring despatch » Saluted no man by the way
Then he said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins (prepare now!) and take my staff in your hand, and go [to the woman’s house]; if you meet any man [along the way], do not greet him and if a man greets you, do not [stop to] answer him; and lay my staff on the face of the boy [as soon as you reach the house].”
Travelers » On errands requiring despatch » Went with great speed
He wrote [a decree] in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on the royal [mail] relay horses, the offspring of the racing mares.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.