Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had ki
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”