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JARMUTH

(Heb. yarmûṯ)

1. A city in Judah (Khirbet el-Yarmûk/Tel Jarmuth; 147124), located ca. 5 km. (3 mi.) S of Beth-shemesh and 26 km. (16 mi.) SW of Jerusalem on the E edge of the Shephelah. Its king Piram joined Amorite kings in an attack on Gibeon (Josh. 10:1-27). After being pursued southward through the Shephelah, the five kings hid in the caves of Makkedah S of Beth-shemesh but were later captured by Joshua’s army and executed.

Excavations at Tel Jarmuth have yielded massive Early Bronze II-III fortifications along with public, industrial, and domestic buildings of the Proto-Canaanite era and a broadroom-type pillared sanctuary measuring 11.5 × 4.75 m. (38 × 15.5 ft.). After a period of abandonment in the Middle Bronze Age, a smaller city was founded in the Late Bronze Age, occupying primarily the acropolis to the south. The mound experienced continuous settlement until the Byzantine period, including three Iron I strata. Eusebius (Onom. 106.24) mentioned the city Iermous in this vicinity.

2. A city in Issachar (cf. Remeth, Josh. 19:21; Ramoth, 1 Chr. 6:73[MT 58]). The city was allocated to the Levites (Josh. 21:29) and has been tentatively identified with Kôkab el-Hawā/Kokhav ha-Yarden (199222), ca. 10 km. (6 mi.) N of Beth-shan.

R. Dennis Cole

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JARMUTH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)