Ezra 5:9

Then we asked those elders, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

Ezra 5:3-4

At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province on the west side of the [Euphrates] River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and said, “Who issued you a decree and authorized you to rebuild this temple and to restore this wall (shrine)?”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

Who commanded

Bible References

Who commanded

Ezra 5:3
At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province on the west side of the [Euphrates] River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and said, “Who issued you a decree and authorized you to rebuild this temple and to restore this wall (shrine)?”