And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
and his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,
And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.
And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.