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Keywords: BLASTUS,CHAMBERLAIN,DIPLOMACY,INFLUENCE,SELF-EXALTATION,TYRE
Description: Acts 12:20
NET Translation: Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing BLASTUS, the king’s personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.
DARBY Translation: And he was in bitter hostility with [the] Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained BLASTUS the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.
KJV Translation: And Herod was highly displeasedK6765with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made BLASTUS the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's [country].
Verse Intro: The Death of Herod Agrippa I by an Angel