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.
Place
Mortar
- Location
- 31.777°N, 35.235°E · related-within
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Mortar
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Zephaniah
1:11
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.