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

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

Jarmuth near Beit Shemesh

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 in Hebrew, Tel Jarmuth, or Khirbet el-Yarmûk in Arabic (grid position 147124 PAL). The site is located on the south of Beit Shemesh, near Bayt Nattif, and is now a National Park. 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,. Some identify it with the site of Kawkab al-Hawa, which, if correct, might also correspond to Second Temple period Agrippina.

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