The watchman who caught the thief was praised for his vigilance.
"and the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. and the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good."
"Now David was seated between the two town doors; and the watchman went up to the roof of the doorways, on the wall, and, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running by himself."
The night watchman makes his rounds every hour.
The criminal throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.
The watchman tucked Corduroy under his arm and carried him down the escalator and set him on the shelf in the toy department with the other animals and dolls.
The thieves left the night-watchman tied up and gagged.
They throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.
The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.