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Noadiah

NOADIAH. A false Prophetess employed by the Enemies of Nehemiah, to endeavour to intimidate him, and to make him give over his Enterprize, of rebuilding the Walls of Jerusalem. But Nehemiah would not be influenced by her Advice, but continued and accomplished his Undertaking1.

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  1. Nehem. vi. 14. In the Year of the World 3550, before Christ 550, before the vulgar Æra 454. ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Noadiah,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/n/noadiah/.

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