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Jarmuth

City in the Bible

Located in: Judah

Location: 31.71° N, 34.97° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)

Several places in the Bible may have this name. The verses below may mix them up.

Mentioned in 6 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Jarmuth is mentioned

  • Joshua 10:3–5

    3 Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

    4 “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

    5 So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

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  • Joshua 10:23

    So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

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  • Joshua 12:9–12

    9 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

    10 the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

    11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

    12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

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  • Joshua 15:35–36

    35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

    36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.

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  • Nehemiah 11:27–30

    27 in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;

    28 in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

    29 in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

    30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

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