Scepter (sceptre)
A sceptre is the rod a king holds, and in the Bible it means authority. When Esther came uninvited before the king, he “held out to Esther the golden sceptre,” and she touched its top. Jacob’s blessing of Judah promises the sceptre will not depart until Shiloh comes, and Balaam sees a Sceptre rise out of Israel. Psalm 2 speaks of ruling nations with a rod of iron, and Revelation applies those words to Christ. Isaiah celebrates the day when the rod of the oppressor is broken. Genesis 49 and Esther 5 are good places to begin.
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Genesis
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Numbers
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Esther
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Psalms
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Isaiah
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Revelation
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.