Ezra 5:9

Tree of Life Version

Then we questioned those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to build this House and to complete this structure?’

Cross References

Ezra 4:12

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

Ezra 5:10

We also asked them their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were in charge of them.

Ezra 5:8

“Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the House of the great God, which is being built with large stones and timber is being set in the walls. Now this work is being done diligently and is succeeding in their hands.