Jarmuth

Jarmuth
Khŭrbet el-Yarmûk
Tel Jarmuth, near Beit Shemesh
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Nearest cityBeit Shemesh
Coordinates31°42′30″N 34°58′30″E / 31.70833°N 34.97500°E / 31.70833; 34.97500
EstablishedBronze Age

Jarmuth, Hebrew: יַרְמוּת, romanized: Yarmuṯ,[1] was the name of two cities in Canaan.[2]

The Douay–Rheims Bible has an alternative spelling, Jaramoth.

Jarmuth near Beit Shemesh

Main article: Tel Yarmuth

Jarmuth 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 making a treaty with the Israelites led by Joshua, who had recently conquered the cities of Jericho and Ai. This Jarmuth is commonly identified with a modern site variously called Tel Yarmuth[3] in Hebrew, Tel Jarmuth,[2] or Khirbet el-Yarmûk[4] in Arabic (grid position 147124 PAL).[5] The site is located on the south of Beit Shemesh, near Bayt Nattif, and is now a National Park.[6] The Park spans over an area of 267 dunams (nearly 66 acres).

Jarmuth in Issachar

Another Jarmuth became a Levitical city given to the Gershonites within the territory of the Tribe of Issachar according to Joshua 21:20. It is not mentioned in the parallel list of Levitical cities in 1 Chronicles 6:73; Ramoth is mentioned in its place. The site of the Issacharian Jarmuth is not yet known.[2] Some identify it with the site of Kawkab al-Hawa, which, if correct, might also correspond to Second Temple period Agrippina.[7]

References

  1. ^ Negev, Avraham; Gibson, Shimon (2001). Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Continuum. pp. 181, 234, 545. ISBN 978-0-8264-1316-1.
  2. ^ a b c Lemche (2010), p. 160.
  3. ^ de Miroschedji (1990)
  4. ^ Robinson (1856), p. 17.
  5. ^ Aharoni, Y. (1979). The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography (2 ed.). Philadelphia: Westminster Press. p. 437. ISBN 0664242669. OCLC 6250553. (original Hebrew edition: 'Land of Israel in Biblical Times - Historical Geography', Bialik Institute, Jerusalem (1962))
  6. ^ Tel Yarmut National Park (Hebrew)
  7. ^ Negev & Gibson (2001), Yarmut (a), p. 545.

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