Dictionary entry

Stories

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sto'-riz: For the King James Version "stories" (ma'aloth) inAm 9:6, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "chambers" (in heavens); inGe 6:16(ark);Eze 42:3,6(temple), the word is supplied. the Revised Version (British and American) in the latter verse reads in the text "the third story" (margin as in the King James Version). In1Ki 6:5,10, the Revised Version (British and American) has "stories" (yatsia` yatsua`; see TEMPLE), and inEze 41:6supphes "stories."