Acts 12:20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon Note: These were seaport cities not under his jurisdiction. They came to him as a group, having befriended Blastus, an officer of the king Herod, and tried to arrange a peaceful relationship with him because the country was dependant on him for their food supply.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon [Note: These were seaport cities not under his jurisdiction]. They came to him as a group, having befriended Blastus, an officer of the king [Herod], and tried to arrange a peaceful relationship [with him] because the country was dependant on him for their food supply.