appears in the A.V. at 2 Chronicles 13:22; 2 Chronicles 24:27, as a rendering of מַדְרָשׁ, midrash (q.v.), a commentary, or historical statement (comp. "Caesar's commentaries"). (See HISTORY); (See TALE). In Amos 9:6 it is the translation of מִעֲלָה, maalah, a step, as often rendered. (See DEGREE); (See STAIR). In Genesis 6:46; Ezekiel 41:16; Ezekiel 42:3, the word has been supplied by the translators in the sense of the successive floors of a building. (See ARK); (See TEMPLE).