Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate, along with the Shalleketh gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another.

He imprisoned them all for three days.

And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.

So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord.

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.

So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.

“‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker.

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

At that time I instructed the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

We did not change clothes – not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water.

Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!

I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.”

Give the signal to attack Babylon’s wall! Bring more guards! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush! For the Lord will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.