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Pirathon

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

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(princely). Now Ferata, six miles southwest of Shechem (Judg. 12:13-15¹³And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. ¹⁴And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. ¹⁵And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. (Judges 12:13‑15); 2 Sam. 23:30³⁰Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, (2 Samuel 23:30); 1 Chron. 11:3³Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. (1 Chronicles 11:3)).

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