Judg. xii. 15.PIRATHON, or Pharaton, a City of the Tribe of Ephraim, in the Mountain of Amalek. Abdon, Judge of Israel, was of this City, and was buried there. Bachides caus’d this City to be fortify’d. Jos. Antiq. l. 13. c. 1. It is call’d Pharathoni, in 1 Mac. ix. 50.
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