Why do plaintiffs sometimes reach settlements before a civil trial begins?
A. To make sure they get at least part of what they
want
B. To avoid being found guilty of a crime by the jury
OC. To prevent a prosecutor from showing evidence
against them
D. To give the judge a chance to reach a yerdict in their
favor

to protest slavery i would think it would be a

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.