Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
lay upon the child, etc.—(see I Kings 17:21; Acts 20:10). Although this contact with a dead body would communicate ceremonial uncleanness, yet, in performing the great moral duties of piety and benevolence, positive laws were sometimes dispensed with, particularly by the prophets.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 4:34:
Luke 7:16
Acts 20:10-12
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