Matthew 14:9
And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;
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8And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
10And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
Cross References
Judges 11:30And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,
Judges 21:1Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.
1 Samuel 14:24And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.
1 Samuel 14:39For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:
2 Kings 6:31Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13
The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →