Ezra 5:5-9

But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report could reach Darius, and then the decree concerning it could be sent back. Enemies Write to Darius

This is the copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues the officials, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.

They sent the report to him in which it was written as follows: “To Darius the king, all peace.

May it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God which is being built with large stones, and beams are being laid in the walls; and this work is being performed with great care and is succeeding in their hands.

Then we asked those elders and said to them as follows: ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’