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28 They also brought the necessary barley and straw for the royal horses in the stables.

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13 Harness your chariot horses and flee,
    you people of Lachish.[a]
You were the first city in Judah
    to follow Israel in her rebellion,
    and you led Jerusalem[b] into sin.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:13a Lachish sounds like the Hebrew term for “team of horses.”
  2. 1:13b Hebrew the daughter of Zion.

14 So urged on by the king’s command, the messengers rode out swiftly on fast horses bred for the king’s service. The same decree was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa.

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10 The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king’s signet ring. Mordecai sent the dispatches by swift messengers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king’s service.

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