Ascent
Ascent
a-sent:
(1) The rendering in the King James Version twice, the Revised Version (British and American) 14 times correctly, of Hebrew maaleh, ascent, pass, as a geographical term (the King James Version Num 34:4; 2Sa 15:30; the Revised Version (British and American) Jos 10:10; Jdg 8:13, etc.).
(2) The rendering in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) of olah in 1Ki 10:5, his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Yahweh; but olah everywhere else means burnt-offering, and all ancient versions support the Revised Version, margin, his burnt-offering which he offered (caused to go up), etc.
(3) In 2Ch 9:4 (parallel 1Ki 10:5) a very slight textual correction (supported by Septuagint) gives us the same words as in 1 Ki instead of the difficult alyah, upper chamber, not ascent as the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render it against all usage elsewhere.
(4) In the Revised Version (British and American) Eze 40:31, Eze 40:34, Eze 40:37; Neh 12:37, of a flight of steps, stairs.
(5) In the Revised Version (British and American) (Hebrew alyah), Neh 3:31, Neh 3:32, margin upper chamber is to be preferred to text ascent.