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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Pirathon, Pirathonite

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(pi ray' thahn. pi ray' thahn ite) Place name meaning, “princely” or “height, summit” and its inhabitants. The town in the hill country of Ephraim was the home of the judge Abdon (Judges 12:13 ,Judges 12:13,12:15 ) and of Benaiah, one of David's elite warriors (2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:31 ). The site is identified with Far'ata about five miles southwest of Shechem.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Pirathon, Pirathonite'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​p/pirathon-pirathonite.html. 1991.
 
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