Ezra 5:3-5

Amplified Bible

³ At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province ^[a]on the west side of the [Euphrates] River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and said, “Who ^[b]issued you a decree and authorized you to rebuild this temple and to restore this wall (shrine)?” ⁴ Then, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were reconstructing this building. ⁵ But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so they [Tattenai and the others] did not stop them until a report could come before Darius, and then an answer was returned by letter concerning it.