Commentary for II Kings 6:33
עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ יֹרֵ֣ד אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּֽה־זֹ֤את הָֽרָעָה֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה מָֽה־אוֹחִ֥יל לַיהוָ֖ה עֽוֹד׃ (ס)
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him; and [the king] said: ‘Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?’
Rashi on II Kings
He said. The king.
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Rashi on II Kings
“Behold, this tragedy is from Adonoy.” This is one of the curses that He cursed through Moshe, “And you will eat the flesh of your womb, etc., in the siege and in the distress, etc.”13Devarim 28:53.
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Rashi on II Kings
What more can I hope for from Adonoy? To save, it will surely not avail.14Alternatively, מָה אוֹחִיל means “what more can I pray [=אוֹחִיל] before God?”—Targum
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