Jarmuth — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Fortified city in the northern part of the Shephelah given to Judah’s tribe for an inheritance (Jos 15:35). It was one of five Amorite cities that banded together to attack Gibeon after they had made peace with Joshua and Israel (10:3-5). Jarmuth was reinhabited after the exile by people of Judah (Neh 11:29), and possibly maintained a population throughout the Dispersion. It is identified with Khirbet Yarmuk, 18 miles (29 kilometers) southwest of Jerusalem. Archaeological evidence suggests that the area of the Bronze Age city was six to eight acres (2.4 to 3.2 hectares) and had a population of about 1,500 to 2,000 people. It is mentioned in the Amarna letters as receiving aid from Lachish.

Show passage in OET: JOS 15:35

OET-RV JOS 15:35

35 Yarmut, Adulam, Sokoh, Azekah,

OET-LV JOS 15:35

35 Yarmūt/(Jarmuth) and_ˊAdullām Sōkoh and_ˊAzēqāh.

Show passage in OET: JOS 10:3–5

OET-RV JOS 10:3

3 So King Adoni -Tsedek sent to King Hoham of Hevron, King Pir’am of Yarmut, King Yafia of Lakish, and King Devir of Eglon, saying,

OET-RV JOS 10:4

4 “Come here and help me. We’ll attack Giveon because they’ve made peace with Yehoshua and the Israelis.”

OET-RV JOS 10:5

5 So those five Amori kings (from Yerushalem, Hevron, Yarmut, Lakish, and Eglon) joined together to go to Giveon and their armies camped there to fight against it.

OET-LV JOS 10:3

3 And_ Adoni- Tsedeq/(Zedek) the _king _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) _he _sent to Hōhām the _king _of Ḩeⱱrōn and_near/to Piram the _king _of Yarmūt/(Jarmuth) and_near/to Yāfīˊa/(Japhia) the _king _of Lākīsh and_near/to Dəⱱīr the _king _of ˊEglōn to_say.

OET-LV JOS 10:4

4 Come _up to_me and_help_me and_let _us _attack DOM Giⱱˊōn if/because it _has _made _peace with Yəhōshūˊa and_DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

OET-LV JOS 10:5

5 And_they _gathered and_they _went _up the _five _of the _kings _of the_ʼAmorī the _king _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) the _king _of Ḩeⱱrōn the _king _of Yarmūt the _king _of Lākīsh the _king _of ˊEglōn they and_all armies _of_their and_they _encamped on Giⱱˊōn and_they _waged _war on_it.

Show passage in OET: NEH 11:29

OET-RV NEH 11:29

29 in Eyn -Rimon, in Tsor’ah, and in Yarmut,

OET-LV NEH 11:29

29 And_in_ ˊĒyn- rimmōn and_in_Tsorˊāh/(Zorah) and_in_Yarmūt/(Jarmuth).

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2. One of four cities of Issachar given to the Levites for their inheritance (Jos 21:28-29). It is apparently identifiable with Ramoth in 1 Chronicles 6:73 and Remeth in Joshua 19:21. A stele of Pharaoh Seti I was found at Beth-shan, referring to the whole area as Mt Jarmuth.