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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that he locked them up in the prison dungeon operated by the captain of the guard, the very place where Joseph was imprisoned.
They placed him in custody until a decision would be made to them according to the word of the LORD.
Their duties, whether significant or insignificant, whether performed by teacher or pupil alike, were assigned by lottery.
For Shuppim and Hosah the lot indicated the west at the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending road.
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the store houses of the gates.
Then the lookout shouted: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and I am stationed at my post throughout the night.
They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened by itself for them, and they went outside and proceeded one block when the angel suddenly left him.