Jarmuth

Jarmuth was the name of two cities in the land of Canaan.[1]

The one 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's tolerance of the Israelite settlement under Joshua. This Jarmuth is generally identified a modern site variously called Tel Jarmuth,[1] Khirbet el-Yarmûk,[2] or Tel Yarmut.[3] This site is located on the south of Beit Shemesh, near Bayt Nattif.

Another Jarmuth became a Levitical city given to the Gershonites within the territory of the Tribe of Issachar, according to Joshua 21:20. Jarmuth is not mentioned in the parallel list of Levitical cities in 1 Chronicles 6), but Ramoth is mentioned in its place (1 Chronicles 6:73). The site of the Issacharian Jarmuth is not yet known.[1]

The Douai-Rheims version of the Bible has an alternative spelling, Jaramoth.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Niels Peter Lemche (9 April 2010). The A to Z of Ancient Israel. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4616-7172-5.
  2. ↑ Edward Robinson, Biblical Researches in Palestine, vol. II, section XI, London 1856, p. 17
  3. ↑ de Miroschedji, Pierre. (1990). The Early Bronze Age Fortifications at Tel Yarmut -- An Interim Statement. Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical, and Geographical Studies. Volume 21.
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