1Esdr 6:4
By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof,
and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that
perform these things?

1Esdr 6:5
Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because
the Lord had visited the captivity;

1Esdr 6:6
And they were not hindered from building, until such time as
signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an
answer received.

1Esdr 6:7
The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and
Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in
Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To king Darius,
greeting:

1Esdr 6:8
Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being
come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of
Jerusalem we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the
Jews that were of the captivity

1Esdr 6:9
Building an house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and
costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.