Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Mortar?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jerusalem.

First appears in Zephaniah 1:11 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph. 1:11).

Mortar is represented in the local geography layer as Jerusalem. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Zephaniah 1:11 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Mortar today

Travel to Mortar, the modern-day Jerusalem.

Mortar is commonly identified with Jerusalem, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Mortar is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Jerusalem

in Jerusalem

31.777°N · 35.234°E

Key passages

Appears in

Zephaniah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention