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<p> <strong> [[Jarmuth]] 1. </strong> A royal city of the [[Canaanites]] (&nbsp; Joshua 10:3 etc.), in the Shephçlab, assigned to Judah (&nbsp; Joshua 15:35 ). It is probably identical with ‘Jermucha’ of the <em> Onomasticon </em> , 10 Roman miles from Elentheropolis, on the [[Jerusalem]] road. This is now <em> Khirbet Yarmûk </em> , between <em> Wâdy es-Sarûr </em> and <em> Wâdy es-Sant </em> , about 8 miles N. of <em> Beit Jibrîn </em> . 2. A city in Issachar, allotted to the [[Gershonite]] [[Levites]] (&nbsp; Joshua 21:29 , LXX [Note: Septuagint.] B <em> Remmath </em> ). It corresponds to <strong> [[Ramoth]] </strong> in &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:73 , and <strong> [[Remeth]] </strong> appears in &nbsp; Joshua 19:21 among the cities of Issachar. Guthe suggests <em> er-Râmeh </em> , about 11 miles S. W. of <em> Jenîn </em> , but this is uncertain. </p> <p> W. Ewing. </p>

<p> '''1.''' A town in the '''''Shephelah''''' or low hills (not "the plain ") of Judah (&nbsp;Joshua 15:35). [[Piram]] its king was one of the five confederated to punish [[Gibeon]] for submitting to Joshua (&nbsp;Joshua 10:3; &nbsp;Joshua 10:5); routed at Beth-horon; executed at [[Makkedah]] (&nbsp;Joshua 10:23). Occupied by children of Judah on the return from [[Babylon]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:29). Now Yarmuk, with a hill near, Tell Urmud. </p> <p> '''2.''' A city of Issachar, assigned to the Gershonite Levites. (&nbsp;Joshua 21:29). REMETH in &nbsp;Joshua 19:20; RAMOTH in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:73. Both are modifications of the same root as Jarmuth. </p>

<li> A [[Levitical]] city of the tribe of [[Issachar]] (&nbsp;Joshua 21:29 ), supposed by some to be the [[Ramah]] of Samuel (&nbsp;1 Samuel 19:22 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jarmuth'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jarmuth.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> JARMUTH or [[Jaramoth]] </p> <p> This was one of the cities of Judah, which lay in the way to Jerusalem. Joshua, in his battles, killed the king of Jarmuth. (&nbsp;Joshua 10:5) </p>

<p> (Heb. Yarmuth', '''''יִרְמוּת''''' '', Height;'' Sept. '''''Ι᾿Εριμούθ''''' ), the name of two places. </p> <p> '''1.''' A town in the plain of Judah (&nbsp;Joshua 15:35), inhabited after the [[Babylonian]] captivity (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:29); originally the seat of one of the [[Canaanitish]] kings, (See Piram) defeated by Joshua (&nbsp;Joshua 10:3; &nbsp;Joshua 10:5; &nbsp;Joshua 10:23; &nbsp;Joshua 12:11; &nbsp;Joshua 15:35). [[Eusebius]] (Onomast. s.v. '''''Ι᾿Εριμοῦς''''' , also '''''Ι᾿Ερμοχώς''''' '')'' sets down ''Jarmucha'' or ''Jermus'' as ten Roman miles from [[Eleutheropolis]] towards Jerusalem, but elsewhere Jarmuth (s.v. '''''Ι᾿Εριμούθ''''' , doubtless the same place) less correctly at four miles' distance, although in the neighborhood of Eshtaol, which is ten miles from Eleutheropolis. Dr. Robinson ''(Researches,'' 2, 344) identified the site as that of ''Yarmuk,'' a village about seven miles north-east of Beit-Jibrin (Schwarz, ''Palest.'' p. 85). As the name implies; it is situated on a ridge (tell ''Ermudor Armuth,'' a different pronunciation for Yarmuth: [[Van]] de Velde, ''Narrative,'' 2, 193). It is a small and poor place, but contains a few traces, in its hewn stones and ruins, of former strength and greatness (Porter, Handbook. p. 281; Van de Velde, Mienzoir, p. 324; Tobler, Dritte Wanderung, p. 120, 462).. </p> <p> '''2.''' A Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (&nbsp;Joshua 21:29), elsewhere called [[Remeth '''''Ῥ''''']]  (&nbsp;Joshua 19:21) and RAMOTH (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:73). Schwarz (Palest. p. 157) supposes it was the Ramah of Samuel (&nbsp;1 Samuel 19:22), which he identifies with the modern village of ''Rameh,'' north-west of Shechem; but this place lies within the territory of Manasseh. The associated names seem to indicate a locality on the eastern edge of the plain of Esdraelon. (See Reireth). </p>

<p> ''''' jar´muth ''''' ( ירמוּת , <i> ''''' yarmūth ''''' </i> ̌ : </p> <p> (1) A city of the Canaanites in the [[Shephelah]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:35 ) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the "five kings" against Joshua (&nbsp;Joshua 10:3-5 ), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at Makkedah (&nbsp;Joshua 10:23 ). One of the 31 "kings" defeated in Joshua' s campaign (&nbsp;Joshua 12:11 ). In &nbsp;Joshua 15:35 it is mentioned in conjunction with Adullam, [[Socoh]] and Azekah, and in &nbsp; Nehemiah 11:29 with Zorah, [[Zanoah]] and Adullam. Cheyne ( <i> Encyclopedia Biblica </i> ) suggests that the "Maroth" of &nbsp;Micah 1:12 may be a copyist's error for Jarmuth. In Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> ( <i> OS </i> 2 132 31; 266 38) mention is made of a Ἰερμοχώς , <i> ''''' Iermochō̇s ''''' </i> , or Jermucha, 10 Roman miles Northeast of Eleutheropolis ( <i> ''''' Beit Jibrı̂n ''''' </i> ), The site of this once important place is <i> ''''' Khirbet el Yarmūk ''''' </i> , 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 <i> ''''' Beit Nattı̂f ''''' </i> , from which it is visible, and 8 1/2 miles, as measured on map, N.N.E. of <i> ''''' Beit Jibrı̂n ''''' </i> . Compare <i> PEF </i> , III, 128, Sh Xviii . </p> <p> (2) A city of Issachar belonging to the "children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites" (&nbsp;Joshua 21:29 ); in the duplicate list in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:73 we have Ramoth, while in the [[Septuagint]] version of &nbsp; Joshua 21:29 we have, in different Vss , <i> ''''' Rhemmāth ''''' </i> or <i> ''''' Iermō̇th ''''' </i> . In &nbsp;Joshua 19:21 "Remeth" occurs (in Hebrew) in the lists of cities of Issachar; in the Septuagint <i> ''''' Rhémmas ''''' </i> or <i> ''''' Rhamáth ''''' </i> . The name was probably "Remeth" or "Ramoth," but the place has never been identified with any certainty. See [[Ramoth]] . </p>