Jarmuth
(high).
1. A town in the low country of Judah. Jos 16:35 Its king, Piram, was one of the five who conspired. to punish Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel, Jos 10:3,5 and who were routed at Beth-horon and put to death by Joshua at Makkedah. ver. 33. Its site is probably the modern Yarmuk.
2. A city of Issachar allotted with its suburbs to the Gershonite Levites. Jos 21:29
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