Topic
Watchman
25 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 18:25ISBE · Nave Of Jerusalem
And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
- Song of Songs 3:3ISBE · Nave On the walls of cities
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
- Song of Songs 5:7ISBE · Nave On the walls of cities
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
- Isaiah 62:6ISBE · Nave Of Jerusalem
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- Jeremiah 31:6ISBE · Nave On towers
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
- 2 Samuel 13:34Nave Of Jerusalem
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
- 2 Samuel 18:24Nave Of Jerusalem
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
- 2 Kings 9:17Nave On towers
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
- 2 Kings 9:18ISBE
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
- 2 Kings 11:6Nave At the gates of the temple
And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
- 2 Kings 11:7Nave At the gates of the temple
And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
- 2 Chronicles 20:24Nave On towers
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
Show 13 more
- Nehemiah 4:9 Nave Of Jerusalem
- Nehemiah 7:3 Nave Of Jerusalem
- Psalms 127:1 ISBE
- Isaiah 21:5–12 Nave On towers
- Isaiah 21:6 ISBE
- Isaiah 52:8 Nave Of Jerusalem
- Jeremiah 4:16 ISBE
- Jeremiah 51:12 Nave Of Babylon
- Ezekiel 33:3–6 Nave Alarm of, given by trumpets
- Ezekiel 33:6 Nave Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 37:14 ISBE
- Matthew 28:14 Nave Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death
- Acts 12:19 Nave Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
woch'-man (tsopheh, shomer, metsappeh, notser): Used to designate a sentinel on the city walls (2Sa 18:25; 2Ki 9:18; Ps 127:1; Isa 62:6) or on the hilltops (Jer 31:6). So 3:3; 5:7 introduces another class, "the watchmen that go about the city," and thus, it would seem, points to some system of municipal police. The distinction in meaning between the various words is clear, tsopheh having the idea of "outlooker" and notser that of "careful watcher" (being applied even to besiegers from outside: Jer 4:16, "watchers"), while shomer also embraces the idea of "defending" or "guarding." In Isa 21:6 metsappeh is to be taken generally in the sense of "watch." In Sirach 37:14 skopos, means simply "looker."
W. M. Christie
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 20 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (A sentinel)
- → On the walls of cities So 3:3; 5:7
- → Of Jerusalem 2Sa 13:34; 18:24,25; Ne 4:9; 7:3; Isa 52:8; 62:6
- → Of Babylon Jer 51:12
- → On towers 2Ki 9:17; 2Ch 20:24; Isa 21:5-12; Jer 31:6
- → At the gates of the temple 2Ki 11:6,7
- → Alarm of, given by trumpets Eze 33:3-6
- → Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death Eze 33:6; Mt 28:14; Ac 12:19
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.