Ezra 5:3-13

3At that timeH2166 cameH858 to them Tatnai, governorH6347 on this side the riverH5103, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and saidH560 thus to them: Who gave you orders to build this houseH1005 and to complete this wall?

4And they saidH560 to them after this manner: What are the namesH8036 of the menH1400 that build this buildingH1124?

5But the eye of their 1GodH426 was upon the eldersH7868 of the JewsH3062, and they did not make them ceaseH989 till the matter came to DariusH1868; and thenH116 they returnedH8421 answer by letter concerningH5922 it.

6The copyH6573 of the letterH104 that Tatnai, governorH6347 on this side the riverH5103, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were on this side the riverH5103, sent to DariusH1868 the kingH4430.

7They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To DariusH1868 the kingH4430, all peaceH8001!

8Be it knownH3046 to the kingH4430 that we went into the provinceH4083 of JudahH3061, to the houseH1005 of the greatH7229 2GodH426, which is being builtH1124 with greatH7229 stonesH69, and timberH636 is laid in the walls, and this workH5673 is being carried on with diligence, and prospers in their handH3028.

9ThenH116 askedH7593 we those eldersH7868: thus we saidH560 to them, Who gave you orders to build this houseH1005 and to complete this wall?

10We askedH7593 their namesH8036 alsoH638, to inform thee, that we might write the namesH8036 of the menH1400 that were the chief of them.

11And thus they returnedH8421 us answer, sayingH560, We are the servantsH5649 of the 3GodH426 of the heavensH8065 and the earthH772, and build the houseH1005 that was builtH1124 these manyH7690 yearsH8140 ago; and a greatH7229 kingH4430 of IsraelH3479 builtH1124 and completed it.

12But after that our fathersH2 had provoked the 4GodH426 of the heavensH8065 to wrath, he gave them into the handH3028 of NebuchadnezzarH5020 kingH4430 of BabylonH895, the Chaldean, and he destroyed this houseH1005, and carried the peopleH5972 away unto BabylonH895.

13But in the first yearH8140 of CyrusH3567 kingH4430 of BabylonH895, kingH4430 CyrusH3567 gave orders to build this houseH1005 of 5GodH426.