^8 (A)So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to ^(B)the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.

⁸ Now you write to the Jews, according to what is good in your eyes, in the king’s name, and ^(A)seal it with the king’s signet ring; for a written decree which is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king’s signet ring ^(B)may not be turned back.”

¹⁰ And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s signet ring and sent letters by the hand of couriers on ^(A)horses, riding on steeds sired by the ^[a]royal stud.