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jar´muth (ירמוּת, yarmūtȟ:
(1) A city of the Canaanites in the Shephelah () of Judah whose “king,†Piram, joined the league of the “five kings†against Joshua (-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at Makkedah (). One of the 31 “kings†defeated in Joshua' s campaign (). In it is mentioned in conjunction with Adullam, Socoh and Azekah, and in with Zorah, Zanoah and Adullam. Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) suggests that the “Maroth†of may be a copyist's error for Jarmuth. In Eusebius, Onomasticon (OS2 132 31; 266 38) mention is made of a ἸεÏμοχωÌÏ‚, Iermochō̇s, or Jermucha, 10 Roman miles Northeast of Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrı̂n), The site of this once important place is Khirbet el YarmuÌ„k, 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 Beit Nattı̂f, from which it is visible, and 8 1/2 miles, as measured on map, N.N.E. of Beit Jibrı̂n. Compare PEF, III, 128, Sh XVIII.
(2) A city of Issachar belonging to the “children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites†(); in the duplicate list in we have Ramoth, while in the Septuagint version of we have, in different VSS, RhemmaÌ„th or Iermō̇th. In “Remeth†occurs (in Hebrew) in the lists of cities of Issachar; in the Septuagint RheÌmmas or RhamaÌth. The name was probably “Remeth†or “Ramoth,†but the place has never been identified with any certainty. See RAMOTH.