Acts 12:20-22

Amplified Bible

Death of Herod

²⁰ Now Herod [Agrippa I] was ^[a]extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, ^[b]the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country. ²¹ On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in his ^[c]royal robes, sat on his throne (tribunal, rostrum) and began delivering a speech to the people. ²² The assembled people kept shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!”