2 Kings 5:25

and stood before his master He would let his absence be as little noted as possible. In the East the servants are usually kept in waiting. Hence the phrase -to stand before" is frequent in connexion with Oriental service. Thus David -stands before Saul (1 Samuel 16:21-22), so of Abishag (1 Kings 1:2). See also 1 Kings 10:8; Daniel 1:5, &c.