[Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Archibald Sayce]@TWC D-Link bookEarly Israel and the Surrounding Nations CHAPTER VII 84/171
If troops come this year, the provinces of the king my lord will be preserved; but if no troops come, the provinces of the king my lord will be destroyed .-- To the Secretary of the king my lord, Ebed-Tob thy servant: make a clear report of my words to the king my lord that all the provinces of the king my lord are being destroyed." II.
"To the king my lord, my Sun-god, thus speaks Ebed-Tob thy servant: At the feet of the king my lord seven times seven I prostrate myself. Behold, the king my lord has established his name at the rising of the sun and the setting of the sun.
They have uttered slanders against me. Behold, I am not a governor, a dependent of the king my lord.
Behold, I am the king's friend, and I pay tribute to the king, even I.Neither my father nor my mother, but the arm of the Mighty King has established me in the house of my father.
[When the governor of the king my lord] came to me, I gave him 13 prisoners ( ?) and 10 slaves.
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