And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.(Matthew 14:5)

But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.(Matthew 14:6)

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.(Matthew 14:7)

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

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.(Matthew 14:9)

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.(Matthew 14:10)

And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.(Matthew 14:11)

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Matthew 14:8 - Cross Reference

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. (Proverbs 29:10)

He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: (Numbers 7:19)

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, (Ezra 1:9)

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. (Proverbs 1:16)

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: (Numbers 7:84)

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. (2 Kings 11:1)

And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: (Numbers 7:13)

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. (Mark 6:24)

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. (2 Chronicles 22:2)

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) (1 Kings 18:4)

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? (1 Kings 18:13)

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. (1 Kings 19:2)