'Separate' in the Bible

“Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

When David arrived at his palace in Jerusalem, the king took the ten mistresses whom he had left behind to keep the palace in order and placed them in a separate house, providing for them under the care of a protective guard. He never visited them again, so they were under care until they died, living as if their husbands had died.