Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:4; Ezra 5:9; Ezra 5:11; Ezra 5:15

Ezra 5:3

3 At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

Ezra 5:4

4 They also asked, “What are the names of those who are constructing this building?”

Ezra 5:9

9 We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

Ezra 5:11

11 This is the answer they gave us: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished.

Ezra 5:15

15 and he told him, ‘Take these articles and go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem. And rebuild the house of God on its site.’