Ezra 5:3-5

International Standard Version

Government Interference

³ Right about then, Trans-Euphrates^[a] Governor Tattenai, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues approached and challenged them. They asked, “Who authorized you to build this Temple and to reconstruct this wall?” ⁴ In answer, we responded with a list of^[b] the names of the men who were building the structure. ⁵ But God watched over the Jewish leaders, who could not be forced to stop working until Darius received a report and responded in reply.