Matthew 14:9

and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those dining with him, he commanded [it] to be given;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

In Context

8And she, having been instigated by her mother, says, “Give me here on a plate the head of John the Immerser”;

10and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

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Cross References

Judges 11:30And Jephthah vows a vow to YHWH and says, “If You give the sons of Ammon into my hand at all—

Judges 21:1And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, “None of us gives his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.”

1 Samuel 14:24And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjures the people, saying, “Cursed [is] the man who eats food until the evening, and I have been avenged of my enemies”; and none of the people have tasted food.

1 Samuel 14:39for YHWH lives, who is saving Israel: surely if it is in my son Jonathan, surely he certainly dies”; and none is answering him out of all the people.

1 Samuel 25:32And David says to Abigail, “Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me this day,

2 Kings 6:31And he says, “Thus God does to me and thus He adds, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on him 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 →

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