²⁶ “Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from ^[a]shedding blood, and ^(A)from ^[b]avenging yourself by your own hand, now then ^(B)let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.

⁶ Then Elijah said to him, “Please ^(A)stay here, for the Lord has sent me to ^(B)the Jordan.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.