And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger 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 whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa,
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
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 exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.