²⁶ Now my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live—it is the Lord who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself^(A) by your own hand—may your enemies and those who intend to harm my lord be like Nabal.^(B)

⁶ Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord is sending me to the Jordan.”^(A)

But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.