Bible Dictionary
STORIES
“Stories” is an older rendering for chambers or levels in a structure. In the Bible it may refer to heavenly chambers, divisions of the ark, or multiple levels of the temple.
Definition
“Stories” is an older rendering for chambers, levels, or divisions in a structure. The term may refer to chambers in the heavens, divisions of the ark, or levels of the temple.
Biblical Usage
The expression is used or supplied in descriptions of the ark and temple, and in one passage the heavenly “chambers” replace the older rendering “stories.”
Historical Background
The Revised Version clarifies several occurrences by using “chambers” or “third story,” while retaining “stories” for the temple’s side structures.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>sto'-riz: For the King James Version "stories" (ma'aloth) in Am 9:6, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "chambers" (in heavens); in Ge 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). In 1Ki 6:5,10, the Revised Version (British and American) has "stories" (yatsia` yatsua`; see TEMPLE), and in Eze 41:6 supphes "stories."</p>