Pirathon is a region of the tribe of Ephraim.
It is the hometown of the judge Abdon, and many of David's mighty men were from this region.
Judges 12:13After him, Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.Judges 12:14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.AbdonJudges 12:15Then Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
1 Chronicles 11:31Ithai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
1 Chronicles 27:14The eleventh commander for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
2 Samuel 23:30Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,