We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
KJV
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
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We asked their names also,.... The names of the elders, those that set men about this work:
to certify that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them; take the names of them in writing, that they might with certainty acquaint the king who they were, and that if it was necessary they might be called to an account for what they were doing.
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