Mark 6:22-24

Amplified Bible

²²Now [Salome] the daughter of Herodias came in and danced [for the men]. She pleased and beguiled Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the ^[a]girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.” ²³And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give it to you; ^[b]up to half of my kingdom.”^(A) ²⁴She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And Herodias replied, “The head of John the Baptist!”

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Footnotes

Mark 6:22 Salome was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old.
Mark 6:23 This was intended as an expression of generosity rather than a literal offer. In reality Herod was a tetrarch, a puppet ruler under Rome, and did not have authority over a “kingdom.”