While spanking is controversial today, it wasn't in Solomon's time. What instrument used for spanking is mentioned in Proverbs 13:24, suggesting that if you withheld it when disciplining your child that you actually hated him?
Answer Rod
The rod could be a staff, branch (like a switch) or club. The Bible sees discipling children as an act of love, used to correct disobedience to keep the children from repeating a behavior that could harm them.
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