Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Jarmuth?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Yarmuth.

First appears in Joshua 10:3 · 2 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Height. (1. ) A town in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:35), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3, 5, 23). Modern identification: Tel Yarmuth.

Jarmuth is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Yarmuth. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 10:3 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 6 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 26 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 26 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Jarmuth today

Travel to Jarmuth, the modern-day Tel Yarmuth.

Jarmuth is commonly identified with Tel Yarmuth, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Jarmuth is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tel Yarmuth

31.708°N · 34.975°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

3 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention