Pirathon
Pirathon
(Heb. Pirathons, , Gesen. princely; First, a cleft or creek; Sept. , v. r. and ), the name of one or two places in Palestine. We read in the book of Judges that Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel, . . . and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites (12:13, 15). The city is not again mentioned in the Bible; but among Davids mighty men was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim (1Ch 27:14; 1Ch 11:31; 2Sa 23:30). The city of Pirathon was therefore situated in the territory of Ephraim, and among the mountains, apparently where a colony of the wandering Amalekites had settled. Jerome mentions it (Onomast. s.v. Fraaton), but does not appear to have known anything of it. It is mentioned, however, by the accurate old traveller hap-Parchi as lying about two hours west of Shechem, and called Fer’ata (Asher’s Bejammin of Tud. 2, 426). About six miles W.S.W. of Nebulus, upon the summit of a tell among low hills, still stands the little village of 1’ea’ata, which is doubtless identical with the ancient Pirathon (Robinson, Bib. Res. 3, 134). According to Schwarz (Palest. p. 151), it is identified, by Astori with the modern village Pretha, on the mountain of Amalek, five English miles west of Shechem, doubtless referring to the same place. Josephus mentions a Pharathon (), grouping it between Timnah and Tekoa (Ant. 13, 1, 3); and the same name occurs in 1 Mace. 9:50 (), among the towns whose ruined fortifications were restored by Bacchides, in his campaign against the Jews; but it could scarcely have been identical with the Pirathon of Ephraim, though the names are the same. This city was probably situated somewhere in the wilderness of Judah; but the site has not been discovered. SEE PIRATHONITE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pirathon (2)
The modern Ferata is laid down on the Ordnance Map at five and a half miles south-west of Nablus, and described in the accompanying Menzoirs (2:162) as “a small village of ancient appearance, standing on a tell or mound, with a rock-cut tomb to the south and a sacred museum to the east.” It has “a few cisterns and the remains of a sarcophagus” (ibid. page 285). Instead of this identification Lieut. Conder, with less probability, suggests Feron, lying ten miles west of Sebustieh, and described (ibid. page 164) as “a small village on a slope, at the edge of the plain, with a few trees and a well to the east. The inhabitants are all Greek Christians.”
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pirathon
prince, or summit, a place “in the land of Ephraim” (Judg. 12:15), now Fer’on, some 10 miles south-west of Shechem. This was the home of Abdon the judge.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Pirathon
In Ephraim “in the mount of the Amalekite” (who had an early settlement in the highlands) (Jdg 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).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Pirathon
A city of Ephraim: hence the inhabitants were called Pirathonites. (Jdg 12:13) From Parah.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Pirathon
Pirathon, a town in the land of Ephraim, to which Abdon, judge of Israel, belonged, and in which he was buried (Jdg 12:13; Jdg 12:15).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Pirathon
[Pira’thon]
Place in Ephraim where Abdon was buried ‘in the mount of the Amalekites.’ Jdg 12:15. Identified by some with Feron, 32 17′ N, 35 1′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Pirathon
H6552
A place in the land of Ephraim
Jdg 12:15
Men of
Jdg 12:13; 2Sa 23:30; 1Ch 11:31; 1Ch 27:14
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Pirathon
Pir’athon. (princely). Pirathon, “in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekite”. A place in Jdg 12:15. 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 Jdg 12:13; Jdg 12:15 and 1Ch 27:14.