So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,
Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
You have seen many things, but you pay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen.”
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much