Then asked we those elders,.... The elders of the province of Judea; the chief men of it:
who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? see Ezra 5:3.
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Ezra 5:9
9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?