Matthew 14:8

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Summary

Matthew 14:8

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.

Being

2 Chronicles 22:2

Mark 6:24

Give

Proverbs 29:10

A charger

Numbers 7:13

Ezra 1:9

General references

Luke 23:20

Bible References

Being

Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king and reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter of Omri.

Then she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?”

“John the Baptist’s head!” she said.

Give

and took 100 prophets and hid them, 50 men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets.

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow!”

When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder.

Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,
but the upright care about him.

A charger

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

This was the inventory:

30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins,
29 silver knives,

General references

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,