Ezra 5:9

New King James Version

Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: “Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”

Cross References

Ezra 4:12

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem, and are building the rebellious and evil city, and are finishing its walls and repairing the foundations.

Ezra 5:8

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

Ezra 5:10

We also asked them their names to inform you, that we might write the names of the men who were chief among them.