For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother.

But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the circle, and pleased Herod:

For Herod himself had sent and seized upon John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

Therefore Herodias bore him a rooted resentment, and would have slain him; yet could not:

and the daughter of this Herodias coming in, and dancing, and delighting Herod, and his company, the king said to the damsel, Ask me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

Now Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him, on account of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the other wicked actions which he had done,