Ezra 5:8

5:8 Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, ¹  and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands.

Ezra 5:11

5:11 They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king ²  of Israel built it and completed it.

[5:8]  ¹ tn Aram “stones of rolling.” The reference is apparently to stones too large to carry.

[5:11]  ² sn This great king of Israel would, of course, be Solomon.