Dictionaries :: Jarmuth

Jarmuth:

height. (1.) A town in the plain of Judah (Jos 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 (Jos 21:29), supposed by some to be the Ramah of Samuel (1Sa 19:22).

Jarmuth:

fearing, or seeing, or throwing down, death

Jarmuth:

jar'-muth (yarmuth:

(1) A city of the Canaanites in the Shephelah (Jos 15:35) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the "five kings" against Joshua (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.

Written by E. W. G. Masterman

See RAMOTH

Jarmuth: 1. A City in the Territory of the Tribe of Judah

Jos 10:3, 5, 23; 12:11; 15:35; Neh 11:29

Jarmuth: 2. A Levitical City in Issachar

Jos 21:29

Jarmuth:

(high).

(1.) A town in the low country of Judah (Joshua 15:35). Its king, Piram, was one of the five who conspired. to punish Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel (Joshua 10:3; 10:5) and who were routed at Beth‐horon and put to death by Joshua at Makkedah. verse 33. Its site is probably the modern Yarmuk.

(2.) A city of Issachar allotted with its suburbs to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21:29).