Acts 12:19-24

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ Herod ·looked [searched] everywhere for him but could not find him. So he questioned the guards and ordered that they be ·killed [^Lled away; ^Cpresumably to be executed].

The Death of Herod Agrippa

Later Herod ·moved [or took a trip] from Judea and went to the city of Caesarea, where he stayed. ²⁰ Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon [^Cmajor cities on the Phoenician coast north of Israel], but the people of those cities all ·came in a group [or agreed together to come] to him. After convincing Blastus, the ·king’s personal servant [chamberlain; ^Lone in charge of his bedroom], to ·be on their side [or support their position], they asked Herod for peace, because their country got its food from his country.

²¹ On ·a chosen [an appointed] day Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his ·throne [judgment seat; rostrum; platform], and made a speech to the people. ²² They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not a human!” ²³ Because Herod did not give the glory to God, an angel of the Lord immediately ·caused him to become sick [^Lstruck him down], and he was ·eaten [or infected] by worms [^Cperhaps intestinal roundworms] and died.

²⁴ God’s ·message [word] continued to spread and reach people.