² and Elijah said to Elisha,^(A) ‘Stay here;^(B) the Lord is sending me on to Bethel.’^(C)

But Elisha replied, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’^(D) So they went down to Bethel.

⁴ Elijah said to him, ‘Elisha, stay here; the Lord is sending me to Jericho.’^(A)

But Elisha said, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’ So they went to Jericho.

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.