Now it happened, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
"Jarmuth ..."  (Joshua 10:3).  "The low hill tract between the high central mountains and the coastal plain of Palestine was called the Shephelah;[13] and one of the principal fortified towns on this intermediate strip was called Jarmuth.  About the time of the Israelite invasion of Canaan, Jarmuth was fortified, occupied a site of about eight acres, and is supposed to have had a population of between 1,500,2,000.[14]