Acts 12:20-21

²⁰Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

²¹And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.