NHEB(i)
23 And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
24 So she went out, and said to her mother, "What should I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the baptizer."
25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
26 And the king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and those reclining, he did not wish to refuse her.