Ezra 5:9

A Conservative Version

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

Cross References

Ezra 4:12

Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from thee have come to us to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and the evil city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

Ezra 5:8

Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judah to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls. And this work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.

Ezra 5:10

Also, we asked them their names, to certify to thee, that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.