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Ezra 5:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?

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Tatnai.Tatnai was governor of the provinces which belonged to the Persian empire west of the Euphrates, comprehending Syria, Arabia Deserta, Phoenicia, and Samaria.

He seems to have been a mild and judicious man, and to have acted with great prudence and caution, and without any passion or prejudice.

Ezra 5:6• ⁶The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were on this side the river, sent to Darius the king. (Ezra 5:6)

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Ezra 6:6,13• ⁶Therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
¹³Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, because of that which king Darius had sent, did so diligently. (Ezra 6:6,13)

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Ezra 7:21• ²¹And I, I Artaxerxes the king, do give orders to all the treasurers that are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest and scribe of the law of the God of the heavens shall require of you, it be done diligently, (Ezra 7:21)

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Neh. 2:7‑9• ⁷And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah;
⁸and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
⁹And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me. (Neh. 2:7‑9)

Who hath commanded you.

Ezra 5:9• ⁹Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall? (Ezra 5:9)

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Ezra 1:3• ³Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah the God of Israel--he is God--which is at Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:3)

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Matt. 21:23• ²³And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? (Matt. 21:23)

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Acts 4:7• ⁷and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this? (Acts 4:7)

• While they built their own homes (Hag. 1:4), there was no opposition; but as soon as their work on the house of God recommenced, adversaries again appeared on the scene....If we mind earthly things, Satan and the world leave us alone; but seek to walk in the Spirit according to the Word of God and the testimony is too great for the world to bear with. (“The Prophets Haggai and Zechariah - Ezra 5:1-5” by N. Simon)

• Acts 4:19, 20. In truth, faith links itself with God Himself, with His objects and His power, and can thus peacefully leave every other question with Him. Hence these children of the captivity obeyed the voice of their God, and went forward with their work knowing that He held the hearts of all men in His hands, and that He could-as He did in the issue-use even the opposition of their enemies to further the work of His house. The record of the manner in which God manifested that He was above all the proud devices of the adversary is contained in the rest of this chapter and in the following one. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 5” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

At that time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them: Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?