'Hired' in the Bible

Then I realized that God had not sent him, but he spoke this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

He was hired for this reason, that I would be frightened and do as he said and sin, so that they would have [grounds to make] a malicious report in order to censure and disgrace me.

because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. Yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.