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Meanwhile the Midianites who had bought Joseph had taken him to Egypt. There they sold him to Potiphar, an officer to the king of Egypt and captain of the palace guard.

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar was an officer to the king of Egypt and the captain of the palace guard. He bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

so he put them in the prison of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was kept.

The captain of the guard put the two prisoners in Joseph's care, and they stayed in prison for some time.

There was a time when you were angry with the baker and me, and you put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard.

A young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard, was in the prison with us. When we told him our dreams, he explained their meanings to us. He told each man the meaning of his dream, and

They should gather all the food that is produced during the good years that are coming, and under the king's authority they should store the grain in the cities and guard it.

The last ones were the rear guard for all the tribes. These were the divisions from the camp of Dan under their flag, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was the commander.

They held the man under guard, because they did not know what to do with him.

So he said, "Cover the opening of the cave with large rocks. Put some men there to guard it,

The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the Ark of the Lord to Abinadab's house on a hill. There they made Abinadab's son Eleazar holy for the Lord so he could guard the Ark of the Lord .

David said, "You're the greatest man in Israel. Isn't that true? Why didn't you guard your master the king? Someone came into your camp to kill your master the king!

In the meantime Absalom had run away. A guard standing on the city wall saw many people coming from the other side of the hill.

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and King David's special guard did not join Adonijah.

But Adonijah did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, his father's special guard, or his brother Solomon.

As Ahab king of Israel passed by, the prophet called out to him. "I went to fight in the battle," the prophet said. "One of our men brought an enemy soldier to me. Our man said, ‘Guard this man. If he runs away, you will have to give your life in his place. Or, you will have to pay a fine of seventy-five pounds of silver.'

The king chose the officer who was close to him to guard the gate, but the people trampled the officer to death. This happened just as Elisha had told the king when the king came to his house.

He commanded them, "This is what you must do. A third of you who go on duty on the Sabbath will guard the king's palace.

A third of you will be at the Sur Gate, and another third will be at the gate behind the guard. This way you will guard the Temple.

Then each guard took his place with his weapons in his hand. There were guards from the south side of the Temple to the north side. They stood by the altar and the Temple and around the king.