From Nave’s Topical Bible
Pirathon
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 5Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- A place in the land of EphraimJudges 12:15
- Men ofJudges 12:132 Samuel 23:301 Chronicles 11:311 Chronicles 27:14
The passages, in Bible order (5)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Judges 12:13
After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
Commentary on Judges 12:132 voices
And after him Abdon the son of Hillell, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. So called from Pirathon, where he was born, and which was in the tribe of Ephraim, as appears from Jdg 12:15.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
A Pirathonite - He was, therefore, an Ephraimite 1Ch 27:14. Its name still lingers in Feratah, 6 miles west of Shechem. The 25 years, apparently consecutive, occupied by the judgeship of Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon, seem to have been very uneventful and prosperous, since the only record of them, preserved in the annals of their country, relates to the flourishing families and peaceful magnificence of two of the number.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Judges 12:15
Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
Commentary on Judges 12:152 voices
And Abdon the son of Hillell the Pirathonite died,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Surely this intimates, that the institution was chiefly intended to be typical, and that the benefits which were promised by it, were to be chiefly looked for in its anti-type, the everlasting priesthood of Christ, in comparison of which that priesthood had no glory.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- 2 Samuel 23:30
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:301 voice
Benaiah the Pirathonite,.... Who was of Pirathon, a city in the tribe of Ephraim, Jdg 12:15. Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash; which perhaps ran by the hill Gaash, and was also in the tribe of Ephraim, Jos 24:30. This man is called Hurai, 1Ch 11:32.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 11:31
Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:14
The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.