Ezra 5:9

Then 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?

Leeser Tanakh

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

8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which they are building with heavy stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work is urged with speed, and it prospereth in their hands.

10Also 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.

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Cross References

Ezra 5:3At this same time came to them Thathnai, the governor on this side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and thus they said unto them, “Who hath given you an order to build this house, and to complete these walls?”

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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