Jarmuth

Jarmuth.

A city that is part of the panorama of historical cities of Judea.

Description

As they approach Bethginna, from the top of a hill, Jesus informs his Apostles:

"There (to the north) Jarmuth. Do you remember Joshua? The defeat of the kings who wanted to attack the camp of Israel, made powerful by the Covenant with the Gibeonites. And very close, Betsames."

Its name

The army of the five Amorite kings (including the one of Jerimoth), pursued by Joshua, is destroyed under the rocks (engraving by Gustave Doré).

Jarmuth, Jerimoth, Jerimuth, Jarmout, Yarmouth. The city is named Jerimoth, Jerimuth (Yerimoth) in ancient texts (Septuagint, Sixto-Clementine Vulgate). It evolved into Yarmouth over time (which means height in Hebrew). Jarmuth is the phonetic transcription by Maria Valtorta, as she hears it pronounced by Jesus.

Where is it mentioned in the work?

GRM 215.

Learn more about this place

Joshua 10: After the Gibeonites made a Covenant with Israel, five Amorite kings band together to punish them: those of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jerimoth (Yarmouth), Lachish, and Eglon. They besiege Gibeon, but the Gibeonites call Joshua for help. He marches all night with his army from Gilgal and surprises the Amorites. The Lord throws confusion among the enemies, and Israel routs them. God also intervenes with hailstones and stops the sun to allow complete victory. The five kings, including the king of Jerimoth (Yarmouth), are captured, executed, then hung on trees before being buried in a cave.

The description provided is perfectly consistent with recent archaeological discoveries, which have found traces of fortifications at Khirbit el Yarmuk, 27 km west-southwest of Jerusalem, and less than 2 km from Beth Shemesh. Yet at Maria Valtorta's time, the supposed location was indicated further east.

Explore

• 31° 42’ 37’’ N / 34° 58’ 18’’ E /
• +357m.

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Notes and references

Note: Quotations from the work of Maria Valtorta on this page currently use machine-translated text and will gradually be replaced by the official English translation. Until then, the official translation may be consulted through the reference link provided with each quotation.

Article partially written from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel, by Jean-François Lavère.

Kilometres. 1 km = 0.621 miles. 1 mile = 1.609 km.