'Guards' in the Bible

And the king said to the guards who were attending him, “Turn around and put the priests of the Lord to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the Lord.

Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the Lord, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards’ room.

(one third also shall be at the gate Sur, and one third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense.

The guards stood each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king.

He took the captains of hundreds and the Carites and the guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guards to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, even the house of the tent, as guards.

As often as the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards’ room.

Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.Unless the Lord builds the house,They labor in vain who build it;Unless the Lord guards the city,The watchman keeps awake in vain.

The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Righteousness guards the one whose way is blameless,But wickedness subverts the sinner.

He who guards his mouth and his tongue,Guards his soul from troubles.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;He who guards himself will be far from them.

The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.

saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.”

On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.