'Waiting' in the Bible

Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.

And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.

Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me."

"Give me 12,000 men! I'll leave tonight and pursue David," Ahithophel advised Absalom.

The king replied, "Stand here at attention and wait." So he stepped to the side and stood there waiting.