Ezra 5:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them till a report should reach Dari′us and then answer be returned by letter concerning it.

⁶ The copy of the letter which Tat′tenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and She′thar-boz′enai and his associates the governors who were in the province Beyond the River sent to Dari′us the king; ⁷ they sent him a report, in which was written as follows: “To Dari′us the king, all peace.