So Gideon and the 100 men with him arrived at the outer perimeter of the encampment at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had posted sentries. They blew their trumpets and smashed the jars that they were carrying in their hands.

The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides -- east, west, north, and south.

Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs.

At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court.

He placed troops in all of Judah's fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

When shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem just before the Sabbath, I gave orders that the gates be closed and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my men at the gates, so that no goods could enter during the Sabbath day.

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.

"Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they won't remain silent. You who make mention of the LORD, take no rest,

pray therefore order a guard to be posted at the sepulchre till the third day, for fear his disciples should come and steal him away, and then tell the people, "he is risen from the dead:" for this last imposture would be of worse consequence than the first.

accordingly they went, and having clapt a seal upon the stone, they posted a guard to secure the sepulchre.

the prison we found shut very secure, and the keepers posted before the doors: but when we had opened it, we found no body within.

in Damascus the governor for king Aretas, posted guards at the city-gates, with a design to apprehend me: