Ezra 5:6-8
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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. 8 Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls; this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
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