John Gill's Exposition on Judges 12:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Abdon the son of Hillell the Pirathonite died, etc.] At the end of his eight years’ government; and was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites; in the place where he was born, and from whence he had the name of a Pirathonite; and this was in the tribe of Ephraim, and the particular spot was Mount Amalek; so called either from the name of the person to whom it belonged, or because the Amalekites formerly dwelt in it; or rather because of some remarkable advantage got over them at this place: here, Josephus says f261, this judge had a magnificent funeral.

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