Jarmuth

fearing, or seeing, or throwing down, death

Jarmuth

(high).

1. A town in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 16:35) Its king, Piram, was one of the five who conspired. to punish Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel, (Joshua 10:3,5) and who were routed at Beth-horon and put to death by Joshua at Makkedah. ver. 33. Its site is probably the modern Yarmuk .
2. A city of Issachar allotted with its suburbs to the Gershonite Levites. (Joshua 21:29)

Height.

(1.) A town in the plain of Judah (Joshua 15:35), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3, 5, 23). It has been identified with the modern Yarmuk, a village about 7 miles north-east of Beit-Jibrin.

(2.) A Levitical city of the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 21:29), supposed by some to be the Ramah of Samuel (1 Samuel 19:22).

JARMUTH

jar'-muth (yarmuth):

(1) A city of the Canaanites in the Shephelah (Joshua 15:35) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the "five kings" against Joshua (Joshua 10:3-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at Makkedah (10:23). One of the 31 "kings" defeated in Joshua' s campaign (Joshua 12:11). In Joshua 15:35 it is mentioned in conjunction with Adullam, Socoh and Azekah, and in Nehemiah 11:29 with Zorah, Zanoah and Adullam. Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) suggests that the "Maroth" of Micah 1:12 may be a copyist's error for Jarmuth. In Eusebius, Onomasticon (OS2 132 31; 266 38) mention is made of a Iermochos, or Jermucha, 10 Roman miles Northeast of Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin), The site of this once important place is Khirbet el Yarmuk, a ruin, with many old walls and cisterns, on the top of a hill 1,465 ft. above sealevel. It is nearly 2 miles Northwest of Belt Nattif, from which it is visible, and 8 1/2 miles, as measured on map, N.N.E. of Belt Jibrin. Compare PEF, III, 128, Sh XVIII.

(2) A city of Issachar belonging to the "children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites" (Joshua 21:29); in the duplicate list in 1 Chronicles 6:73 we have Ramoth, while in the Septuagint version of Joshua 21:29 we have, in different VSS, Rhemmath or Iermoth. In Joshua 19:21 "Remeth" occurs (in Hebrew) in the lists of cities of Issachar; in the Septuagint Rhemmas or Rhamath. The name was probably "Remeth" or "Ramoth," but the place has never been identified with any certainty.

See RAMOTH.

E. W. G. Masterman

3412. Yarmuth -- a Canaanite city in Judah, also a city in ...
... Yarmuth. 3413 . a Canaanite city in Judah, also a city in Issachar. Transliteration:
Yarmuth Phonetic Spelling: (yar-mooth') Short Definition: Jarmuth. ... Jarmuth ...
/hebrew/3412.htm - 6kJarmuth (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JARMUTH. ... Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) suggests
that the "Maroth" of Micah 1:12 may be a copyist's error for Jarmuth. ...
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Eglon (13 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron,
to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of ...
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Piram (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Like a wild ass, a king of Jarmuth, a royal city of the
Canaanites, who was conquered and put to death by Joshua (10:3, 23, 26). Int. ...
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Remeth (1 Occurrence)
... Another form of Ramah (qv) or Ramoth (1 Chronicles 6:73; Joshua 19:21), and probably
also of Jarmuth (Joshua 21:29). Int. ... See JARMUTH; RAMOTH. ...
/r/remeth.htm - 7k

Lachish (22 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron,
to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of ...
/l/lachish.htm - 22k

Ramoth (30 Occurrences)
... Heights. A Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (1 Samuel 30:27; 1 Chronicles
6:73), the same as Jarmuth (Joshua 21:29) and Remeth (qv), 19:21. Int. ...
/r/ramoth.htm - 18k

Socoh (4 Occurrences)
... in Septuagint and in the King James Version: Socoh, Shochoh, Shoco, Shocho): (1)
A city in the Shephelah of Judah mentioned along with Jarmuth, Adullam, Azekah ...
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En (19 Occurrences)
... NIV). Joshua 21:29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs;
four cities. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Hebron (71 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron,
to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of ...
/h/hebron.htm - 41k

Adullam (10 Occurrences)
... precedes Makkedah. Among the 14 Judahite cities of the first group in "the
lowland" Adullam is mentioned between Jarmuth and Socoh. In ...
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