1 Esdras 6:6

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

1 Esdras 6:6 In-Context

4 "By whose order are you building this house and this roof and finishing all the other things? And who are the builders that are finishing these things?"

5 Yet the elders of the Jews were dealt with kindly, for the providence of the Lord was over the captives;

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 Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their associates the local rulers in Syria and Phoenicia, 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,