Ezra 5:10

Also their names did we ask of them, to let thee know them, that we might write down the names of the men that are at their head.

Leeser Tanakh

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 these elders, and after this manner said we unto them, Who hath given you the order to build this house, and to complete these walls?

11And in this manner did they return us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we build the house that was built before this many years, and a great king of Israel built and completed it.

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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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