1 Esdras 6:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ Yet the elders of the Judeans enjoyed the gracious protection of the Lord on the exiles, ⁶ and they weren’t prevented from building until Darius could be informed about them and return an answer. ⁷ Here is a copy of the letter that Sisinnes, the commander of Syria and Phoenicia, Sathrabuzanes, and their associates, the local officials in Syria and Phoenicia, wrote to Darius: