Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 12:9

⁷And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Judah;

⁸and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God was upon me.

— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 12:9 —

¹⁰And Sanballat the Horonite heard it, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.

¹¹So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.