2 Samuel 20:19-20

JPS_ASV_Byz^{(i) 19} We are of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel; seekest thou to destroy a city and a mother in Israel? why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?' ²⁰ And Joab answered and said: 'Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.