1 Esdras 6:10

⁸Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem, we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity

⁹building a house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.

— 1 Esdras 6:10 —

¹¹Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?

¹²Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.