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Chephirah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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CHEPHIRAH (‘village,’ Joshua 9:17; Joshua 18:26 , Ezra 2:25 , Nehemiah 7:29 ). One of the four Hivite cities which made peace with the Hebrews; re-peopled after the Captivity, having belonged to Benjamin; called in 1Es 5:19 Caphira . Now Kefîreh S.W. of Gibeon.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Chephirah'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​c/chephirah.html. 1909.
 
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