Places in the Bible › Pirathon
Pirathon
Town or city mentioned in 5 verses of the Bible, most often in Judges.
Where it appears
Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Samuel (1)
Key verses
- Judges 12:13 first mention — And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
- Judges 12:15 — And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
- 2 Samuel 23:30 — Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
- 1 Chronicles 11:31 — Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:14 — The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Nearby places
- Michmethah 10 km
- Samaria 10 km
- Shamir 10 km
- Gerizim 10 km
- Ebal 11 km
- Shechem 11 km
- Millo 11 km
- Tower of Shechem 11 km
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