1 Esdras 6:12-14

Revised Standard Version

¹² And in order that we might inform you in writing who the leaders are, we questioned them and asked them for a list of the names of those who are at their head. ¹³ They answered us, ‘We are the servants of the Lord who created the heaven and the earth. ¹⁴ And the house was built many years ago by a king of Israel who was great and strong, and it was finished.