Subject: Archival Documents from the Biblical World; West Semitic Archival Documents; Letters; Hebrew Letters Lachish 9: Requests (3.42F) Subject: 1 Sam 17:30; 2 Sam 3:11; 1 Kgs 12:6 Salutation (lines 1–2) May Yahweh give my lord the [best] possible news. Release to Bearer ( lines 3–4)1 [And] now, give ten (loaves of) bread and two ( bat-measures?)2 of wine (to bearer). Request for Information ( lines 4–9) Return word o [to] your servant by the intermediary of Shelemyahu regarding what we are to do tomorrow. Bibliographical References Text, translations, and studies: Coats 1970 …