Ezra 5:8-10

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁸ We want the King to know that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It was being built with large stones, and beams were being laid in the walls. This work was being done thoroughly and was progressing in their hands.

⁹ Then we questioned those elders, and we said this to them, “Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?” ¹⁰ We also asked them for their names, in order to inform you so that we could write the names of the men who were their leaders.