They also asked them, “What are the names of the workers[a] who are constructing this building?” But God was watching[b] over(A) the Jewish elders. These men wouldn’t stop them until a report was sent to Darius, so that they could receive written instructions about this matter.

The Letter to Darius

This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:4 One Aramaic ms, LXX, Syr; MT reads Then we told them exactly what the names of the men were
  2. 5:5 Lit But the eye of their God was

They[a] also asked, “What are the names of those who are constructing this building?” But the eye of their God(A) was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received.

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates, the officials of Trans-Euphrates, sent to King Darius.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:4 See Septuagint; Aramaic We.