1. Revelation 6:8 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why did Hades follow this rider?

Revelation 6:8 (ESV)

8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

The deaths caused by this rider will be so numerous that Hades itself must follow along to collect (the souls of) the dead.