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Behold, the country of the city of Gath-Carmel has fallen away to Tagi and the men of Gath. Malchiel has sent to Tagi and takes his sons as servants. He has granted all their requests to the men of Keilah, and we have delivered the city of Jerusalem.
Gath-Carmel, Zelah, and Lachish are the towns mentioned in connection with their attempts to capture and destroy "the fortresses of the king." "The country of the king" which had "gone over to the Confederates" was the territory over which Ebed-Tob claimed rule, while the district occupied by Labai and his Beduin followers was handed over "to the men of the district of the Confederates."
The territory of which Jerusalem was the capital extended southward as far as Carmel of Judah, Gath-Carmel as it is called by Ebed-Tob, as well as in the geographical lists of Thothmes III., while on the west it reached to Keilah, Kabbah, and Mount Seir.
Thy servant am I. Lay a report of my words before the king my lord. The vassal of the king am I. Mayest thou live long! Behold, the district of the city of Gath-Carmel has fallen away to Tagi and the men of Gath. Malchiel has sent to Tagi and has seized some boy-slaves. Hadad-el has remained in his house in Gaza...." As for the governor who acts thus, why does not the king question him?
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