Garrison
(1.) Heb. matstsab, a station; a place where one stands (
1 Sam. 14:12); a military or fortified post (
1 Sam. 13:23;
14:1,
4,
6, etc.). (2.) Heb. netsib, a prefect, superintendent; hence a military post (
1 Sam. 10:5;
13:3,
4;
2 Sam. 8:6). This word has also been explained to denote a pillar set up to mark the Philistine conquest, or an officer appointed to collect taxes; but the idea of a military post seems to be the correct one. (3.) Heb. matstsebah, properly a monumental column; improperly rendered pl. "garrisons" in Ezek. 26:11; correctly in Revised Version "pillars," marg. "obelisks," probably an idolatrous image
