19. After Herod made a search for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea and stayed in Caesarea.
20. Now it happened that Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him, united. Having won over Blastus, the king’s personal aide, they began asking for peace—because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.
21. On an appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes and, taking his seat upon the throne, began to make a speech to them.
22. The people were shouting, “The voice of a god and not a human!”
23. Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down—because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and died.
24. But the word of God kept on growing and multiplying.