²⁶ “So now, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has restrained you from ^[a]shedding blood, and ^(A)from saving yourself by your own hand, so now, ^(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 Yahweh has sent me to ^(B)the Jordan.” And he said, “As Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” So the two of them went on.