2 Kings 6:33

And he said. The question has been raised as to whose words these were, those of the messenger or of the king. Whether or not the king had already arrived at this time, these words evidently originated with the king. The messenger would have no right to speak thus in his own name. If he spoke these words, then he had been sent to speak them in the name of the king. It appears, however, that the king had now arrived and was himself doing the speaking. True, the Scriptural record does not announce his actual arrival, either here or in the following verses, but inasmuch as Elisha said that the king was following hard after the messenger, his coming could not have been long delayed. The words now spoken reflect the mind of the king. He is angry with the prophet and with the God he represents. He declares that this trouble the land is going through has all come from God, and He must carry the blame. Not able to vent his wrath on God, Joram will now vent it on His prophet.

What should I wait? Joram is asking why he should temporize with God. He believes that the Lord has arbitrarily brought this evil upon Samaria, and that He is therefore responsible for all the horrors that are taking place. This sudden action against the prophet is the king’s response to the woman who had appealed to him (see v. 26). Put to the test in plain sight of the soldiers and the people, the king in his dilemma was forced to some sort of action, and his decision was to turn upon God and Elisha. Since God had brought the siege, God would do nothing to bring it to an end, so Joram’s only course — as he tried to persuade himself — was to turn against God and take matters in his own hands. This he was now proceeding to do in issuing an order for the death of Elisha.