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"We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders."
— Ezra 5:10, NET Bible
“We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.”
“We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them. ”
“We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.”
“We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice: and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them.”
“And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.”
“We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.”
The report they sent to him was written as follows:“To King Darius: All greetings!
Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands.
We inquired of those elders, asking them,‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’
We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders.
They responded to us in the following way:‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it.
But after our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon.
But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.