³ At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues^(A) came to the Jews and asked, “Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?”^[a](B)

The Letter to Darius

⁶ This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

¹³ Then Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues^(A) diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.