Ezra 5:3-5

The Voice

³ Questioning the sudden commencement of the work, Tattenai (governor of the Persian province west of the Euphrates), Shethar-bozenai, and their associates approached the working Jews.

⁴ We gave them the names of the people who were doing the work, fearing they might end our construction. ⁵ But the True God protected the Jewish elders. The Persians did not intend to stop the laborers until Darius received a letter concerning the situation and sent his written reply.