One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
King, feasting in his palace, (Herodotus i. 191.) or at Borsippe. (Berosus) He sent to make inquiries, (Calmet) or his subjects hastened to convey the doleful tidings, and thus met each other. (Haydock)
