Ezra 5:10

We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice: and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

9And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?

11And they answered us in these words, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and set up.

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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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