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Matthew 14:8

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And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
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  1. Mark 6:24Rank 1 from verse 8
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    24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

  2. Proverbs 29:10Rank 2 from verse 8
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    10The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

  3. 1 Kings 18:13Rank 3 from verse 8
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    13Was 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?

  4. 1 Kings 18:4Rank 4 from verse 8
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    4For 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.)

  5. 1 Kings 19:2Rank 5 from verse 8
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    2Then 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.

  6. 2 Chronicles 22:2–3Rank 6 from verse 8
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    2Forty 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.

    3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.

  7. 2 Kings 11:1Rank 7 from verse 8
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    1AND when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

  8. Proverbs 1:16Rank 8 from verse 8
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    16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  9. Ezra 1:9Rank 9 from verse 8
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    9And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

  10. Numbers 7:13Rank 10 from verse 8
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    13And 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:

  11. Numbers 7:19Rank 11 from verse 8
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    19He 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:

  12. Numbers 7:84–85Rank 12 from verse 8
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    84This 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:

    85Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Matthew 14:8

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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instructed

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Taught, trained, informed, directed, counselled, warned, or corrected concerning a matter.

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mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Baptist

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One who baptizes; as a title, John the Baptist.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Bullokar 1616 · Webster 1828

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head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14:3¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

14:4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

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

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

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

14:8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

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14:9And 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.

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

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

14:12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

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