Ezra 5:11

Thus they returned us answer, saying, "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

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In The King James Version

And 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 set up.

In Context

10We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.

12But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

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Cross References

Joshua 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

1 Kings 9:10It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house

Psalms 119:46I will also speak of your statutes before kings,and will not be disappointed.

Jonah 1:9He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land."

Luke 12:8"I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Good News, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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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