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Mount
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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 ).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Mount'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​m/mount.html. 1909.