Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with [a]great stones, and beams are laid in the walls, and this work is wrought speedily, and prospereth in their hands.

Then asked we those Elders, and said unto them thus, Who hath given you commandment to build this house, and to lay the foundation of these walls?

10 We asked their names also that we might certify thee, and that we might write the names of the men that were their rulers.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:8 Or, masonry.

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