Ezra 5:9
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
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Gill's Exposition
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 Ezr 5:3.
We have here, I. The cognizance which their neighbours soon took of the reviving of this good work. A jealous eye, it seems, they had upon them, and no sooner did the Spirit of God stir up the friends…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Who commanded …, and to make up R.V. Who gave … a decree, … and to finish. Cf. on Ezr 5:3.
these walls R.V. - this wall " as in Ezr 5:3.