'Guards' in the Bible
Whenever the king visited the Lord's temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.
Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, "Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her." The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord's temple.
He posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.
supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.
The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's prophet. The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.