Jarmuth standard
f="Bible:Josh.10.3-Josh.10.5">Jos 10:3-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at Makkedah (10:23). One of the 31 "kings" defeated in Joshua' s campaign (Jos 12:11).
Where is Jarmuth in the Bible?
Jarmuth was a Canaanite city located in the lowlands of Judah, in the region west of Jerusalem. It appears in the Bible as one of the cities conquered by Joshua during the Israelite conquest of Canaan, when its king was defeated at the Battle of Gibeon and later executed at Makkedah (Joshua 10:3-5). After the conquest, Jarmuth was allotted to the tribe of Judah and is listed among the 31 kings Joshua defeated (Joshua 12:11). The city is mentioned again in later biblical records, appearing alongside other Judean cities like Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, and later in the time of Nehemiah as a resettled city (Nehemiah 11:29).
In Scripture2 biblical books; 2 with study content
- Joshua
- Nehemiah
Jarmuth
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)f="Bible:Josh.10.3-Josh.10.5">Jos 10:3-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at Makkedah (10:23). One of the 31 "kings" defeated in Joshua' s campaign (Jos 12:11). In Jos 15:35 it is mentioned in conjunction with Adullam, Socoh and Azekah, and in Ne 11:29 with Zorah, Zanoah and Adullam. Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) suggests that the "Maroth" of Mic 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" (Jos 21:29); in the duplicate list in 1Ch 6:73 we have Ramoth, while in the Septuagint version of Jos 21:29 we have, in different VSS, Rhemmath or Iermoth. In Jos 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
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