Ezra 5:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then we spoke to those elders and asked them, ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

Cross References

Ezra 4:12

may it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city; they are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.

Ezra 5:10

We also asked them their names, for your information, so that we might write down the names of the men at their head.

Ezra 5:8

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.