“So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.”
The couriers, mounted on horses used in the king's service, rode out in haste, pressed on by the king's command, and the edict was issued in Susa the capital, demonstrating the rapid dissemination of the counter-edict through the same efficient system that had spread Haman's original decree. The emphasis on haste and the use of the fastest horses emphasizes the urgency of getting this counter-edict to the Jews throughout the kingdom before the date of the conflict. The verse shows how the temporal factor becomes crucial in determining outcomes, and how speed in communication can reverse the effects of earlier decrees.
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