Ezra 5:9

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

In Context

8This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

10And 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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Cross References

Ezra 5:3At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?

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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