9. We inquired of those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’
10. We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders.
11. They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it.