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.

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).

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.

Pir'athon

(princely), "in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite," a place in

Jg 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

Jg 12:13,15

and 1Chr 27:14