Ezra 5:10

And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.

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In The King James Version

We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

In Context

9Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

11And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

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Matthew Henry on Ezra 5:4-17

The Case Represented to Darius. ( b. c. 519.) 3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer… Read the whole commentary →

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