3 Almost at once Sisinnes, governor of Greater Syria and Phoenicia, with Shethar Bozenai and their fellow-officials, came to Jerusalem and demanded:
4 “Who gave you orders to build this temple and complete this roof and everything else? Who is doing this work?”
5 But the Lord was with the people who had returned from exile and was watching over the Jewish leaders,
6 and they were allowed to continue building until Darius could be informed and his reply received.
7 This is the report that the Persian officials sent to the emperor:
8 “To Emperor Darius, greetings.“Your Majesty should know that we went to Judah and to Jerusalem and there we found the leaders of the Jews who had returned from exile
9 building a large new temple for the Lord with expensive, shaped stone blocks and with wooden beams set in the walls.