| 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 Jdg 12:13; Jdg 12:15 and 1 Chronicles 27:14." Smith's Bible Dictionary or |