Eliyahu in Horev (Part 2)

If Eliyahu runs away from Izevel to save his life, why does he then ask God to take his life? One approach suggests that Eliyau expected a political revolution on the heels of the miracle at Mount Carmel. Izevel’s ability to continue to reign in her previous manner leaves Eliyahu with the understanding that miracles exert power only for a short time, and a profound, thorough, long-term change in consciousness was not thereby achieved. Eliyahu realized this the very next day, and it caused him great despair.