kindred. Hebrew brethren. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), "brethren" put for other relatives.
kept the ward. kept the charge. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, charge put for keeping what was commanded.
Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 12:29
1 Chronicles 12:29
29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindredi of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.