Ezra 5:7-9

International Standard Version

To: King Darius:

Greetings!^[a]

⁸ This is to inform^[b] the king that we traveled to the Temple of the great God in the Judean province, which is being built with large stones and reinforced with wooden beams in its walls. The work proceeds diligently and is in capable hands.^[c]

⁹ We asked the elders, “Who authorized you to build this Temple and to reinforce these walls?”