Ezra 5:7-9

New King James Version

To Darius the king:

All peace.

⁸ Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the ^[a]temple of the great God, which is being built with ^[b]heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

⁹ Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: ^(A)“Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”