John Gill Commentary Ezra 5:9

"Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?" — Ezra 5:9 (ASV)

Then asked we those elders
The elders of the province of Judea; the chief men of it:

who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls ?
see (Ezra 5:3) .