8:14a

couriers: See note on 3:13a.

pressed on by the command of the king: See note on 3:15a. Although it was Mordecai who issued the orders, he did so with the authority of the king.

8:14b

And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa: This is similar to 3:15b. See notes on that verse.

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