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Jarmuth
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Yarmuth', יִרְמוּת , height; Sept. Ι᾿εριμούθ ), the name of two places.
1. A town in the plain of Judah (Joshua 15:35), inhabited after the Babylonian captivity (Nehemiah 11:29); originally the seat of one of the Canaanitish kings, (See PIRAM) defeated by Joshua (Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:5; Joshua 10:23; Joshua 12:11; 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)..
2. A Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 21:29), elsewhere called REMETHῥ (Joshua 19:21) and RAMOTH (1 Chronicles 6:73). Schwarz (Palest. p. 157) supposes it was the Ramah of Samuel (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).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jarmuth'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/j/jarmuth.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
