12 Therefore, to the intent that we might give knowledge to you by writing who the leaders were, we questioned them, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men. (WEB) 13 So they gave us this answer, ‘We are the servants of the Lord who made heaven and earth. (WEB) 14 As for this house, it was built many years ago by a great and strong king of Israel, and was finished. (WEB)
1 Esdras 6:12–14
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