PIRATHON
PIRATHON (
Φαραθών, Joseph., LXX.), a town in the land of Ephraim, and in the mount of the Amalekites, to which Abdon, one of the judges of Israel, belonged, and where he was buried. (
Judges, 12.13, 15.)
It was repaired and fortified by Bacchides, in his campaign against the Jews (1
Macc. 9.50;
J. AJ 13.1.3.)