Ezra 5:10

And we asked them their names, in order to declare them to thee, so as to write to thee the names of their leading men.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation?

11And they answered us thus, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it, and established it for them.

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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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