“And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.”
And brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother — the chain of presentation (executioner to girl to Herodias) traces the route of Herodias's revenge. The head on a platter fulfills the demand exactly as specified. Herodias has gotten what she wanted through the instrumentalization of her daughter and the entrapment of her husband. The birthday banquet has become the occasion of a prophet's execution — the celebratory occasion transformed into the moment of judicial murder.
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