City

Chephirah

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Name means
a little lioness
Today
now Kirbat el Kafira
Location
31.836°N, 35.095°E
Mentioned
4 verses

About Chephirah

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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Nearby

Every mention

Joshua 9:17, 18:26
Ezra 2:25
Nehemiah 7:29

Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.