The nobles sent messengers to bring these letters to Tobiah. Alternate translation: "sent many messengers with letters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
Here Tobiah's letters are personified as coming by themselves, when they were actually brought by messengers. Alternate translation: "Tobiah sent letters" or "Tobiah sent many messengers with letters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])