Ezra 5:8-10

New King James Version

⁸ Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the ^[a]temple of the great God, which is being built with ^[b]heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

⁹ Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: ^(A)“Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?” ¹⁰ We also asked them their names to inform you, that we might write the names of the men who were chief among them.