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.