Place · City
Chephirah
Named in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Joshua 9:17.
In the Bible
All 4 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Joshua
- Joshua 9:17
So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
- Joshua 18:26
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
Ezra
- Ezra 2:25
the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:29
the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Village, one of the four cities of the Gibeonitish Hivites with whom Joshua made a league (9:17). It belonged to Benjamin. It has been identified with the modern Kefireh, on the west confines of Benjamin, about 2 miles west of Ajalon and 11 from Jerusalem.