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Ac 9:24 Strong Concordance But [1161] their [846] laying await [1917] was known [1097] of Saul [4569]. And [5037] they watched [3906] the gates [4439] day [2250] and [2532] night [3571] to [3704] kill [337] him [846].
  King James But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
they watched the gates night and day to kill him--The full extent of his danger appears only from his own account (Co2 11:32): "In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me"; the exasperated Jews having obtained from the governor a military force, the more surely to compass his destruction.
 
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32 In [1722] Damascus [1154] the governor [1481] under Aretas [702] the king [935] kept [5432] the city [4172] of the Damascenes [1153] with a garrison [5432], desirous [2309] to apprehend [4084] me [3165]:
14 And [2532] if [1437] this [5124] come [191] to [1909] the governor's [2232] ears [191], we [2249] will persuade [3982] him [846], and [2532] secure [275] [4160] you [5209].
32 In [1722] Damascus [1154] the governor [1481] under Aretas [702] the king [935] kept [5432] the city [4172] of the Damascenes [1153] with a garrison [5432], desirous [2309] to apprehend [4084] me [3165]:
32 In [1722] Damascus [1154] the governor [1481] under Aretas [702] the king [935] kept [5432] the city [4172] of the Damascenes [1153] with a garrison [5432], desirous [2309] to apprehend [4084] me [3165]:
33 And [2532] through [1223] a window [2376] in [1722] a basket [4553] was I let down [5465] by [1223] the wall [5038], and [2532] escaped [1628] his [846] hands [5495].
2 And [2532] they watched [3906] him [846], whether [1487] he would heal [2323] him [846] on the sabbath day [4521]; that [2443] they might accuse [2723] him [846].
30 And [1161] when it was told [3377] me [3427] how that [5259] the Jews [2453] laid wait [1917] [3195] [1510] for [1519] the man [435], I sent [3992] straightway [1824] to [4314] thee [4571], and gave commandment [3853] to his accusers [2725] also [2532] to say [3004] before [1909] thee [4675] what they had against [4314] him [846]. Farewell [4517].
19 Serving [1398] the Lord [2962] with [3326] all [3956] humility of mind [5012], and [2532] with many [4183] tears [1144], and [2532] temptations [3986], which [3588] befell [4819] me [3427] by [1722] the lying in wait [1917] of the Jews [2453]:
3 And [5037] there abode [4160] three [5140] months [3376]. And when the Jews [5259] [2453] laid [1096] wait [1917] for him [846], as he was about [3195] to sail [321] into [1519] Syria [4947], he purposed [1096] [1106] to return [5290] through [1223] Macedonia [3109].
32 In [1722] Damascus [1154] the governor [1481] under Aretas [702] the king [935] kept [5432] the city [4172] of the Damascenes [1153] with a garrison [5432], desirous [2309] to apprehend [4084] me [3165]: