1 Samuel 14:16 - "And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude was surging hither and thither."

Psalm 130:6 - "my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning."

A watchman, as we all know, is a person who keeps a vigil, in order to protect a person or some property. And, since it is obvious that the daylight hours are busy ones when unauthorized persons would have a difficult time in harming the person or object being guarded, then it also became obvious that the watchman is generally employed at night. The use of the night watchman in business buildings and factories and other establishments is a commonplace occurence for us; the watchman in ancient ti…