1 Esdras 6:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ In order that we might inform you, we questioned them about who the leaders are and demanded a list of the names of the troublemakers. ¹² They told us, “We are the servants of the Lord who created the heaven and the earth. ¹³ The house was built many years before by a great and mighty king of Israel, and it was finished.