Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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:
In the king
Young dromedaries
Bible References
In the king
1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
Ecclesiastes 8:4
For the king’s word is authoritative, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Daniel 4:1 King Nebuchadnezzar,
To those of every people, nation, and language, who live in all the earth:
May your prosperity increase.
To those of every people, nation, and language, who live in all the earth:
May your prosperity increase.
By posts
Esther 3:13
Letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces telling the officials to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people—young and old, women and children—and plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
2 Chronicles 30:6
So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped from the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
Job 9:25 My days fly by faster than a runner;
they flee without seeing any good.
they flee without seeing any good.
Jeremiah 51:21 With you I will smash the horse and its rider;
with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.
with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.
Young dromedaries
Isaiah 60:6 Caravans of camels will cover your land—
young camels of Midian and Ephah—
all of them will come from Sheba.
They will carry gold and frankincense
and proclaim the praises of the Lord.
young camels of Midian and Ephah—
all of them will come from Sheba.
They will carry gold and frankincense
and proclaim the praises of the Lord.
Isaiah 66:20
They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the Lord on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 2:23 How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,