Ezra 5:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸ May it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built of hewn stone, and timber is laid in the walls; this work is being done diligently and prospers in their hands. ⁹ Then we spoke to those elders and asked them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?” ¹⁰ We also asked them their names, for your information, so that we might write down the names of the men at their head.