Tattenai questions the elders without stopping work

3At that time Tattenai, the governor of Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke thus to them: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to complete this structure?”

4Then we told them this: “What are the names of the men who are building this building?”

5But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them stop until a decree should go to Darius; then they would send back a letter concerning this matter.