Ezra 5:10

We asked them their names also, to announce to thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

11And thus they returned us answer, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

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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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