Chephirah was a hill town, and the Bible mentions it in a handful of places. Joshua 9:17 names it with Gibeon, Beeroth and Kirjathjearim, the four cities of the Gibeonites, who made peace with Israel by a clever trick. Joshua 18:26 lists it in the lands given to Benjamin. Centuries later Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29 count its families among those who came back from exile, with seven hundred and forty and three men from Kirjathjearim, Chephirah and Beeroth. A small town stayed in memory across hundreds of years, which says something about how God counts people. Joshua 9 has the fuller story.
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And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
Matthew George Easton, 1897
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.
William Smith, 1884
(the hamlet), one of the four cities of the Gibeonites, (Joshua 9:17) named afterwards among the towns of Benjamin. (Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29)