kept. being celebrated.
the daughter. Salome (Josephus, Antiquities xviii. 5. 4).
Herodias. See App-109.
before them. in the midst of them: i.e. in public.
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Matthew 14:6
6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.