Jarmuth

Jarmuth, Hebrew: יַרְמוּת, romanized: Yarmuṯ,^[1] was the name of two cities in Canaan.^[2]

Jarmuth
Khŭrbet el-Yarmûk
Tel Jarmuth, near Beit Shemesh
Nearest city	Beit Shemesh
Coordinates	31°42′30″N 34°58′30″E
Established	Bronze Age

The Douay–Rheims Bible has an alternative spelling, Jaramoth.

Jarmuth near Beit Shemesh

Main article: Tel Yarmuth

Jarmuth was an Amorite city in Canaan at the time of the Israelite settlement recorded in the Hebrew Bible. According to Joshua 10:3–5, its king, Piram, was one of five kings who formed an alliance to attack Gibeon in response to Gibeon making a treaty with the Israelites led by Joshua, who had recently conquered the cities of Jericho and Ai. This Jarmuth is commonly identified with a modern site variously called Tel Yarmuth^[3] in Hebrew, Tel Jarmuth,^[2] or Khirbet el-Yarmûk^[4] in Arabic (grid position 147124 PAL).^[5] The site is located on the south of Beit Shemesh, near Bayt Nattif, and is now a National Park.^[6] The Park spans over an area of 267 dunams (nearly 66 acres).

Jarmuth in Issachar

Another Jarmuth became a Levitical city given to the Gershonites within the territory of the Tribe of Issachar according to Joshua 21:20. It is not mentioned in the parallel list of Levitical cities in 1 Chronicles 6:73; Ramoth is mentioned in its place. The site of the Issacharian Jarmuth is not yet known.^[2] Some identify it with the site of Kawkab al-Hawa, which, if correct, might also correspond to Second Temple period Agrippina.^[7]

References

1. Negev, Avraham; Gibson, Shimon (2001). Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Continuum. pp. 181, 234, 545. ISBN 978-0-8264-1316-1.
2. Lemche (2010), p. 160.
3. de Miroschedji (1990)
4. Robinson (1856), p. 17.
5. Aharoni, Y. (1979). The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography (2 ed.). Philadelphia: Westminster Press. p. 437. ISBN 0664242669. OCLC 6250553. (original Hebrew edition: 'Land of Israel in Biblical Times - Historical Geography', Bialik Institute, Jerusalem (1962))
6. Tel Yarmut National Park (Hebrew)
7. Negev & Gibson (2001), Yarmut (a), p. 545.

Bibliography

• de Miroschedji, Pierre. (1990). The Early Bronze Age Fortifications at Tel Yarmut – An Interim Statement. Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical, and Geographical Studies. Volume 21.
• Lemche, Niels Peter (9 April 2010). The A to Z of Ancient Israel. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4616-7172-5.
• Negev, Avraham; Gibson, Shimon, eds. (2001). Yarmut (a); Yarmut (b) (Tel); Yarmuk (Khirbet el-). New York and London: Continuum. p. 545. ISBN 0-8264-1316-1. Retrieved 18 February 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) (Snippet view).
• Robinson, Edward (1856). Biblical Researches in Palestine. Vol. II, section XI, London, p. 17.