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.)