ant, and the guard of the whole of my roads was in the hands of my
people, but they are now without refuge: they have not come up to guard my
roads for the King my Lord; and ask the chiefs thy _Tarkas_,(319) if they
are not now without refuge for my people. Moreover, behold us. My eyes are
toward thee when I beseech the God of heaven: for we are cast from the
land, and have been needy. We have lacked at thy hand, and behold this
now, the guard that guards my roads is in the hands of a chief who hates
me because of the King my Lord, and the King my Lord shall instruct;
behold send down a host and it shall watch."

Though the date is doubtful, within limits, this letter probably refers to
the departure of the Egyptian soldiers mentioned in the Jerusalem letters.

155 B.--A much-damaged letter. The name of the writer is lost. He sends the
usual salutation, and speaks of a letter: of transgression and sin; and
mentions the city _Gazri_ (Gezer). He speaks of the going down of the king
(or casting down), and of the _Paka_. (See note.)

50 B. M.--"To the King my Lord my God my Sun, the Sun from the heavens,
thus (says) _Yapa'a_(320) the chief of the city of _Gazri_ (Gezer) thy
servant, the dust of thy feet, a chief captain of thy horse. At the feet
of the King my Lord--the Sun from the heavens, seven times and seven times
bow indeed both this heart and this body; and whatever the King my Lord
says to me I listen to exceeding much. I am the King's servant, the dust
of thy feet. And the King my Lord shall learn. Behold the chief of my
brethren; fellows foreign to me also strive for the city of
_Mu(ra)'azi_;(321) and the delivery of the same is the demand of men of
blood; and now behold what has arisen against me, and counsel as to thy
land. Let the King send to the chief who is his friend against one (who is
a foe?)."

49 B. M.--After the same salutation from _Yapa'a_, chief of _Gezer_, master
of the horse, the letter continues: "I hear the message of the messenger
of the King my Lord exceeding much. And let the King my Lord, the Sun from
heaven, counsel his servant as to his land. Now strong is the chief of the
men of blood against us; and send thou to destroy him O King my Lord for
me; and will not the King restore from the hand of the chief of bloody
ones? We are not quite made an end of by the chief of the bloody ones."

51 B. M.--With the usual salutation from _Yapa'a_, the letter continues:
"Whatever the King my Lord sa