Maktesh:
mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zep 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.
Maktesh:
(a mortar or deep hollow) a place evidently in Jerusalem, the inhabitants of which are denounced by Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:11). Ewald conjectures that it was the Phoenician quarter" of the city.
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