Mount

MOUNT . An earthwork in connexion with siegecraft ( Jeremiah 6:6 and oft.), also rendered ‘ bank ’ ( 2 Samuel 20:15 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). In 1Ma 12:36 RV [Note: Revised Version.] has the modern form ‘ mound ,’ which Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] has substituted throughout. See, further, Fortification and Siegecraft, § 6 ( c ).