Ezra 5:9

9 Then we asked those elders and said this to them, 'Who issued forth to you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?'

Ezra 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 5:9

Then asked we those elders
The elders of the province of Judea; the chief men of it:

who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
see ( Ezra 5:3 ) .

Ezra 5:9 In-Context

7 They sent to him the report {in which was written as follows}: "To Darius the king, all peace.

8 May it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, the house of the great God. It is being built with stone blocks and timber is being put in the walls. This work is being done with diligence and is making progress in their hands.

9 Then we asked those elders and said this to them, 'Who issued forth to you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?'

10 We also asked them their names to make them known to you, that we might write down the {name of their leaders}.

11 And this is the answer they returned to us: 'We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house that was built formerly many years ago, [which] a great king of Israel had built and finished.