1 Esdras 6:12
“Therefore to the intent that wee might giue knowledge vnto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chiefe doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principall men.”
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1 Esdras 6:12 Context
10And those workes are done with great speede, and the worke goeth on prosperously in their handes, and with all glory and diligence is it made. 11Then asked wee these Elders, saying, By whose commaundement builde you this house, and lay the foundations of these workes? 12Therefore to the intent that wee might giue knowledge vnto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chiefe doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principall men. 13So they gaue vs this answere: We are the seruants of the Lord which made heauen and earth. 14And as for this house, it was builded many yeeres agoe, by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
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Therefore 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.
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