7. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
8. She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of Yochanan the Immerser.”
9. The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
10. and he sent and beheaded Yochanan in the prison.