כְּנֵ֫מָא

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows,

They also asked for the names of the men were who were making this building.

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.