Ezra 5:8-11

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.

9Then we questioned those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to build this House and to complete this structure?’

10We 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.

11They responded to us saying, ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the House that was built many years ago. A great king of Israel built and finished it.