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Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
So, by means of his gold, Sanballat tempts some of the Jerusalem Jews over to his side. Nor is Noadiah the only one who is bribed by the Samaritan governor to pretend the gift of prophecy. One day, Nehemiah is sent for to the house of one of these people who profess to be able to prophesy. This young man professes to be very fond of Nehemiah, and begs him to come to see him.
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
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