Attendants on Eastern princes, trained to run before their chariots, 1Sa 8:11. So Elijah ran before Ahab, 1Ki 18:46. The speed and endurance of some of these couriers is almost beyond belief, Jer 42:5.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.