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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.
And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.
And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.
And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.
To Hosah, the door on the west, by the door of Shallecheth, at the footway which goes up, watch by watch.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain