Easton's Bible Dictionary Height. (1.) A town in the plain of Judah (Joshua 15:35), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3, 5, 23). It has been identified with the modern Yarmuk, a village about 7 miles north-east of Beit-Jibrin. (2.) A Levitical city of the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 21:29), supposed by some to be the Ramah of Samuel (1 Samuel 19:22). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JARMUTH jar'-muth (yarmuth): (1) A city of the Canaanites in the Shephelah (Joshua 15:35) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the "five kings" against Joshua (Joshua 10:3-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at Makkedah (10:23). One of the 31 "kings" defeated in Joshua' s campaign (Joshua 12:11). In Joshua 15:35 it is mentioned in conjunction with Adullam, Socoh and Azekah, and in Nehemiah 11:29 with Zorah, Zanoah and Adullam. Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) suggests that the "Maroth" of Micah 1:12 may be a copyist's error for Jarmuth. In Eusebius, Onomasticon (OS2 132 31; 266 38) mention is made of a Iermochos, or Jermucha, 10 Roman miles Northeast of Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin), The site of this once important place is Khirbet el Yarmuk, 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 Belt Nattif, from which it is visible, and 8 1/2 miles, as measured on map, N.N.E. of Belt Jibrin. Compare PEF, III, 128, Sh XVIII. (2) A city of Issachar belonging to the "children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites" (Joshua 21:29); in the duplicate list in 1 Chronicles 6:73 we have Ramoth, while in the Septuagint version of Joshua 21:29 we have, in different VSS, Rhemmath or Iermoth. In Joshua 19:21 "Remeth" occurs (in Hebrew) in the lists of cities of Issachar; in the Septuagint Rhemmas or Rhamath. The name was probably "Remeth" or "Ramoth," but the place has never been identified with any certainty. See RAMOTH. E. W. G. Masterman

Multi-Version Concordance Jarmuth (7 Occurrences) Joshua 10:3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Joshua 10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Joshua 10:23 They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Joshua 12:11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Joshua 15:35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Joshua 21:29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 11:29 and in En Rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)