⁹ Then we spoke to those elders and asked them, ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’^(A)

³ At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?”^{(A) 4} They^[a] also asked them this, “What are the names of the men who are building this building?”^(B)