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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74335" /> == | | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55702" /> == |
| <p> '''Pir'athon.''' ''(Princely).'' Pirathon, "in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekite". A place in Judges 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 Judges 12:13; Judges 12:15 and 1 Chronicles 27:14. </p> | | <p> 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." </p> |
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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37110" /> ==
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| <p> In [[Ephraim]] "in the mount of the Amalekite" ''(Who Had An Early Settlement In The Highlands)'' ( Judges 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 ( 1 Chronicles 27:14). </p>
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68042" /> ==
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| <p> Place in Ephraim where [[Abdon]] was buried 'in the mount of the Amalekites.' Judges 12:15 . Identified by some with <i> Feron, </i> 32 17' N, 35 1' E . </p>
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| == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48465" /> ==
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| <p> A city of Ephraim: hence the inhabitants were called Pirathonites. ( Judges 12:13) From Parah. </p>
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33171" /> ==
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| Judges 12:15
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55641" /> ==
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| <p> (Heb. Pirathons, '''''פַּרְעָתוֹן''''' , ''Gesen. Princely;'' First, a [[Cleft]] or ''Creek;'' Sept. '''''Φαραθών''''' , v. r. '''''Φαραθώμ''''' and '''''Φραθών''''' ) '','' 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 David '''''‘''''' s mighty men was "Benaiah ''The Pirathonite,'' of the children of Ephraim" ( 1 Chronicles 27:14; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 2 Samuel 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]] ( '''''Φαραθών''''' ) '','' grouping it between [[Timnah]] and [[Tekoa]] ''(Ant. 13,'' 1, 3); and the same name occurs in 1 Mace. 9:50 ( '''''Φαραθωνι''''' ) '','' 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]]). </p>
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| == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16380" /> ==
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| <p> Pi´rathon, a town in the land of Ephraim, to which Abdon, judge of Israel, belonged, and in which he was buried . </p>
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| <ref name="term_74335"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/pirathon Pirathon from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | | <ref name="term_55702"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/pirathon+(2) Pirathon from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_37110"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/pirathon Pirathon from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_68042"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/pirathon Pirathon from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_48465"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/pirathon Pirathon from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_33171"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/pirathon Pirathon from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_55641"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/pirathon Pirathon from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_16380"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/pirathon Pirathon from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
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