what happened to john the baptist

John the Baptist was beheaded by King Herod Antipas to satisfy the bloodthirsty hatred of Herodias, his wife. Herodias was enraged at John for publicly rebuking Herod for divorcing his wife and marrying her, his niece. This led to John's imprisonment and eventual beheading to appease Herodias. The beheading of John the Baptist is recorded in the Bible and is considered a martyrdom. The exact date of his death is not certain, but it is believed to have occurred between 34 and 37 AD