Reference: Ward, Or Guard
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To put "in ward" was to place under guard, or in confinement, Ge 40:3; Le 24:12. Ward also seems to mean a guard-room, Ne 12:25; Isa 21:8, and the guards themselves, Ac 12:10, or any small band, 1Ch 25:8; 26:16.
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So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
They put him in custody so that the command of the LORD might be made clear to them.
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates.
Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.