Ezra 5:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ They also asked them, ‘What are the names of the workers^[a] who are constructing this building? ’ ⁵ 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

⁶ This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the River Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.