1 Esdras 6:6-8

Revised Standard Version

⁶ and they were not prevented from building until word could be sent to Darius concerning them and a report made.

⁷ A copy of the letter which Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenic′ia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their associates the local rulers in Syria and Phoenic′ia, wrote and sent to Darius:

⁸ “To King Darius, greeting. Let it be fully known to our lord the king that, when we went to the country of Judea and entered the city of Jerusalem, we found the elders of the Jews, who had been in captivity,