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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And he put them under guard in the house of the chief of the executioners, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
And they put him under guard, so that the mind of Jehovah might be declared to them.
And they cast lots, for duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher as the pupil.
to Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate of Shallecheth, by the highway going up, guard corresponding to guard.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub, were guarding the gates, the guard at the thresholds of the gates.
And he cried, A lion! My lord, without ceasing, I stand on the watchtower by day, and I am stationed at my post all the nights.
When they were past the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out and passed on through one street. And immediately the angel departed from him.