 some miles east of the Dead Sea, the northern end of the Dead Sea, out in the wilderness, barren, rugged place. It was a summer palace. The Herodians had a lot of summer palaces, including Masada. This was one. They took John out and threw him in prison. The reason they didn't kill him was he was very popular at the time. He wanted the popularity to kind of die. They took him out of circulation for a while, and he did. He kept him in prison at least a year before he executed him. And you remember the story of how he died, don't you? There was a party.