Bible Strands
Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the southern territorial allotment to the tribe of Judah, listing specific towns to define their inherited boundary.
The words — יַרְמוּת (yar.Mut) names Jarmuth, a fortified city, while שׂוֹכֹה (so.Khoh) identifies Socoh, a settlement on the border.
The thread — These locations reappear as military staging grounds in 1 Samuel 17:1, as a refuge site in 1 Samuel 22:1, and as a royal city in Joshua 10:3.
Why it lands — The verse functions as a geographic marker that establishes Judah’s inheritance and provides concrete coordinates for later historical events.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
- 1 Samuel 22:1 So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- Joshua 10:3 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,
- Joshua 10:10 And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:23 So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
- Joshua 12:11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- Joshua 12:15 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- Joshua 15:48 These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
- 1 Chronicles 4:18 These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
- Nehemiah 11:29 in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,