Bible Dictionary · M
Maktesh
Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph 1:11). It has been conjectured that it was the “Phoenician quarter” of the city, where the traders of that nation resided, after the Oriental custom.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Zephaniah 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
