Lexicon :: Strong's H7626 - šēḇeṭ

Therefore, the LORD was very angry with Israel, and he removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained.

Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the LORD had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: “I will establish my name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army ​— ​men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.

He also killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall.[fn] Even though the Egyptian had a spear in his hand like a weaver’s beam, Benaiah went down to him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and then killed him with his own spear.

From across the Jordan ​— ​from the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: 120,000 men equipped with all the military weapons of war.

As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

There were among Jerijah’s relatives 2,700 capable men who were family heads. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh as overseers in every matter relating to God and the king.

The following were in charge of the tribes of Israel:

For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official;

for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;

David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men, and all the best soldiers.

Then the leaders of the households, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.

“Since the day I brought my people Israel

out of the land of Egypt,

I have not chosen a city to build a temple in

among any of the tribes of Israel,

so that my name would be there,

and I have not chosen a man

to be ruler over my people Israel.

Those from every tribe of Israel who had determined in their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

King Rehoboam established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

Manasseh set up a carved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s temple that God had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: “I will establish my name forever[fn] in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

Let him take his rod away from me

so his terror will no longer frighten me.

Their homes are secure and free of fear;

no rod from God strikes them.

He causes this to happen for punishment,

for his land, or for his faithful love.

“You will break them with an iron scepter;

you will shatter them like pottery.”

Even when I go through the darkest valley,[fn]

I fear no danger,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff ​— ​they comfort me.

Your throne, God, is[fn] forever and ever;

the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

Remember your congregation,

which you purchased long ago

and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.

Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.

He drove out nations before them.

He apportioned their inheritance by lot

and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

“then I will call their rebellion

to account with the rod,

their iniquity with blows.

Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and no one among his tribes stumbled.

where the tribes, the LORD’s tribes, go up

to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

The scepter of the wicked will not remain

over the land allotted to the righteous,

so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,

but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.

The one who will not use the rod hates his son,

but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,

and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;

if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,

and a rod for the backs of fools.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom,

but a youth left to himself[fn]

is a disgrace to his mother.

For you have shattered their oppressive yoke

and the rod on their shoulders,

the staff of their oppressor,

just as you did on the day of Midian.

Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger —

the staff in their hands is my wrath.

but he will judge the poor righteously

and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.

He will strike the land

with a scepter[fn] from his mouth,

and he will kill the wicked

with a command[fn] from his lips.

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,

the scepter of the rulers.

The princes of Zoan have been fools;

the princes of Memphis are deceived.

Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.

Certainly black cumin is not threshed

with a threshing board,

and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.

But black cumin is beaten out with a stick,

and cumin with a rod.

Assyria will be shattered by the voice of the LORD.

He will strike with a rod.