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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Maktesh (Mortar)
"The mortar," a hollow in or near Jerusalem where merchants and silversmiths worked. Zephaniah calls out to its people when he announces judgment on the city's trade. It is generally thought to be a low market quarter, maybe in the Tyropoeon Valley.
"The mortar," a hollow in or near Jerusalem where merchants and silversmiths worked. Zephaniah calls out to its people when he announces judgment on the city's trade. It is generally thought to be a low market quarter, maybe in the Tyropoeon Valley.
Maktesh, meaning the mortar or hollow, named a district in or near Jerusalem inhabited by merchants and silversmiths, addressed directly in Zephaniah's prophecy of coming judgment on the city's commercial quarter (Zeph. 1:11). It is generally thought to refer to a low-lying market area, possibly within the Tyropoeon Valley, though its exact bounds are not known.
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- Zephaniah 1:11
