this is a song about Salome, daughter of Herod II and Herodias. Her skillful performance as a dancer earned her a boon from her father. She used this boon to demand her father execute John the Baptist and present his head on a platter to Herodias.
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John had criticized Herod and Herodias and called their marriage illegitimate (Herodias had divorced her previous husband to marry Herod II, a political upgrade for her). He was killed for this.
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that's the same John the Baptist who was Jesus' teacher.
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