Paul's next figure of speech he gives us is that we are the temple of the living God, and when he chose that title, he really meant it. It wasn't a figure of speech only. It wasn't just an illustration. It was the whole point of Jesus coming to earth in the first place – God with us. In us. It's the only way we can be what God has designed us to be.
When his life was threatened, Elijah ran for the desert. Maybe he thought no one would find him there. Maybe he thought the idea of dying by dehydration and starvation would be better than getting killed by the Queen. Scripture doesn’t tell us what he was thinking, other than that he wanted out.