Get thee up, eat and drink. — There seems a touch of scorn in these words. Ahab, remaining passive throughout, had descended to the place of slaughter in the valley, looking on silent — if not unmoved — while the priests, whose worship he had openly or tacitly sanctioned, were slain by hundreds. Now Elijah bade him get up to his palace, taking it for granted that, fresh from that horrible sight, he is yet ready to feast, and rejoice over the approaching removal of the judgment, which alone had told on his shallow nature. The king goes to revel, the prophet to pray.
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1 Kings 18:41
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a soundi of abundance of rain.