Mark 6:21-23

Finally Herodias was able to trick her husband into getting rid of her nemesis. Salome was Herodias’ daughter by Philip. She would have been in her mid-teens at this time, and her dance was undoubtedly lascivious. [Note: Lane, p. 221.] The phrase "up to half of my kingdom" is figurative meaning at great personal sacrifice (cf. Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2). Antipas could not have given away half of his kingdom because he lacked the authority to do so.