And she came in immediately with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that you give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering:
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John the Baptist's head on a platter.
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.