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Guard
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The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Guard. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Guard (1)
#Heb. tabbah (properly a “cook,” and in a secondary sense “executioner,” because this office fell to the lot of the cook in Eastern countries), the bodyguard of the kings of Egypt (Gen. 37:36) and Babylon (2 Kings 25:8; Jer. 40:1; Dan. 2:14).
Guard (2)
#Heb. rats, properly a “courier,” one whose office was to run before the king’s chariot (2 Sam. 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5). The couriers were also military guards (1 Sam. 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25). They were probably the same who under David were called Pelethites (1 Kings 14:27; 2 Sam. 15:1).
Guard (3)
#Heb. mishmereth, one who watches (Neh. 4:22), or a watch-station (7:3; 12:9; Job 7:12).
In the New Testament (Mark 6:27) the Authorized Version renders the Greek spekulator by “executioner,” earlier English versions by “hangman,” the Revised Version by “soldier of his guard.” The word properly means a “pikeman” or “halberdier,” of whom the bodyguard of kings and princes was composed. In Matt. 27:65, 66; 28:11, the Authorized Version renders the Greek kustodia by “watch,” and the Revised Version by “guard,” the Roman guard, which consisted of four soldiers, who were relieved every three hours (Acts 12:4). The “captain of the guard” mentioned Acts 28:16 was the commander of the Praetorian troops, whose duty it was to receive and take charge of all prisoners from the provinces.
In the Bible
132
Verses where Guard is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 9:19
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 9:23
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
- 1 Chronicles 11:25
He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
- 1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
- 1 Kings 14:27
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
- 1 Kings 14:28
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
+126 more verses naming Guard.
Scripture on Guard
87
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- Jeremiah 401 Kings 14Proverbs 4Jeremiah 32Jeremiah 38Matthew 27Mark 13Genesis 37Genesis 40Genesis 41Joshua 62 Samuel 152 Samuel 202 Kings 101 Chronicles 92 Chronicles 12Nehemiah 3Job 7Proverbs 2Jeremiah 37Daniel 2Malachi 2Acts 12Acts 282 Timothy 1Genesis 3Genesis 39Numbers 10Deuteronomy 4Joshua 8Joshua 10Judges 71 Samuel 71 Samuel 191 Samuel 222 Samuel 231 Kings 11 Kings 81 Kings 202 Kings 61 Chronicles 112 Chronicles 6Ezra 8Nehemiah 12Nehemiah 13Psalms 12Psalms 25Psalms 39Psalms 40Psalms 61Psalms 91Psalms 121Psalms 127Psalms 140Psalms 141Proverbs 7Ecclesiastes 5Isaiah 27Isaiah 52Isaiah 58Jeremiah 9Jeremiah 33Jeremiah 41Jeremiah 43Jeremiah 51Ezekiel 38Joel 2Nahum 2Habakkuk 2Mark 6Luke 4Luke 12Acts 4Acts 5Acts 16Acts 23Acts 24Philippians 1Philippians 42 Thessalonians 31 Timothy 62 Peter 3
Voices on Guard
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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