Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
Jarmuth, х Yarmuwt (H3412), height; Septuagint, Hiermouth] - anciently a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 10:3; Joshua 12:11: cf. Nehemiah 11:29), new Yarnuk. It stood ('Onomast.,' article 'Jermus') ten miles from Eleutheropolis (Beit-Jibrin), on the way to Jerusalem, and it is called by Eusebius, Jermucha; by Jerome, Jarimuth (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 2:, p. 344; Van de Velde, 2:, p. 156).
Adullam, х `Adulaam (H5725) (justice of the people, Gesenins); Septuagint, Odollam] - anciently a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:15), and situated in the undulating plain below Timnath (Genesis 38:1), and near Gath (2 Chronicles 11:7-8). Eusebius and Jerome place it ('Onomast.,' article 'Adullam') near Eleutheropolis (Beit-Jibrin), at the western foot of the mountain range of Judah. It is identified by Van de Velde ('Syria and Palestine,' 2:, pp. 157, 160) with Deir-dubla'n.
Socoh, х Sowkoh (H7755), branch; Septuagint, Saoochoo] - the name of a city in the Shephelah of Judah; now Shuweiheh, a ruin; reckoned ('Onomast.,' article 'Soccho') at 9 miles toward Jerusalem, on another road than Jarmuth (Jarmuk), from which it is only half an hour's distance (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 2:, pp. 348, 349). It is a different place from that mentioned, Joshua 15:48.
Azekah, х `Azeeqaah (H5825) (dug over, broken up, Gesenius); Septuagint, Azeeka and Iazeeka (Tischendorf's manuscripts)] - a town in the cultivated plain, as its name imports, near Socoh (1 Samuel 17:1). Its site has been fixed at Tell Zakariya (Reland, 'Palaestina,' pp. 660, 753; Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 2:, pp. 343, 344, 350).