Special messengers in the East, sent on occasions of importance, when they rode swiftly, and in many cases with fresh horses or dromedaries awaiting them at convenient distances, Gen 8:10-14 . Job says, “My days are swifter than a post,” Job 9:25 . Footrunners were also employed, 2Sa 18:22-27 ; and experienced runners will tire down and outrun a horse on long journeys. See FOOTMEN.<\/p>\n
ruts. The dispatch of letters with speed was of early date. Job said, “Now my days are swifter than a post.” Job 9:25. When Hezekiah proclaimed a Passover for all Israel he sent letters of invitation by ‘runners’ from city to city. 2Ch 30:6; 2Ch 30:10. The posts sent with the decree from Shushan the palace went on horses, mules, camels, and young dromedaries, “being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment.” Est 3:13; Est 3:15; Est 8:10; Est 8:14. In the prophecy of God’s judgements on Babylon it is said that the news should be carried to the king by one post running to meet another. Jer 51:31. By dividing large districts into small departments with a post-house in each, in which ‘runners’ and animals were always kept ready, despatches could quickly be dispersed in various directions.<\/p>\n
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2Ch 30:6<\/span>; Est 3:13<\/span>; Est 8:10<\/span>; Job 9:25<\/span>; Jer 51:31 POSTS Special messengers in the East, sent on occasions of importance, when they rode swiftly, and in many cases with fresh horses or dromedaries awaiting them at convenient distances, Gen 8:10-14 . Job says, “My days are swifter than a post,” Job 9:25 . Footrunners were also employed, 2Sa 18:22-27 ; and experienced runners will … Continue reading “POSTS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span><\/p>\nFuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"