Reference: Pirathon
Easton
prince, or summit, a place "in the land of Ephraim" (Jg 12:15), now Fer'on, some 10 miles south-west of Shechem. This was the home of Abdon the judge.
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Fausets
In Ephraim "in the mount of the Amalekite" (who had an early settlement in the highlands) (Jg 12:15). The burial place of the judge Abdon, on a height six miles W. of Shechem (Nablus), now Fer'ata; or Fer'aun (Palestine Exploration Quarterly Statement). Discovered by Hap-Parchi, an old traveler (Asher's Benj. of Tud. 2:426). David's eleventh captain for the eleventh month was of Pirathon, Benaiah of Ephraim (1Ch 27:14).
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Morish
Pira'thon
Place in Ephraim where Abdon was buried 'in the mount of the Amalekites.' Jg 12:15. Identified by some with Feron, 32 17' N, 35 1' E.
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Smith
Pir'athon
(princely), "in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite," a place in
Its site, now called Fer'ata, is about one mile and a half south of the road from Jaffa, by Hableh, to Nablus. Pirathonites are mentioned in
and 1Chr 27:14