Esther 8:10

10. Posts on horseback See notes on Esther 1:22; Esther 3:13.

Riders on mules Rather, on swift coursers. See note on 1 Kings 4:28. The word is here a collective.

Camels The word אחשׁתרנים is of Persian origin, and means royal, or pertaining to the government. The most probable meaning is royal steeds. The word occurs only here and in Esther 8:14.

Young dromedaries Hebrews sons of the rammachim. The word רמכים is found only here, and is of doubtful meaning. According to Gesenius and Furst, it means mares. But, as it has the masculine termination, others understand it to mean stallions. Rawlinson gives it the more general sense of highbred steeds. Perhaps the best version of all the words would be, riders of the swift coursers, the royal steeds, offspring of the thoroughbreds.