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Chephirah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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City belonging originally to the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:17), but which, in the apportionment of the land, fell to the lot of Benjamin (Joshua 18:26). Men of this city returned with Zerubbabel from the captivity in Babylon (Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29: in both instances the town is mentioned in connection with Kirjath-jearim [=arim] and Beeroth). In I Esd. 5:19 the place is called "Caphira." It is, perhaps, to be identified with the ruins now called "Kefire." The word "Kephirim" of Nehemiah 62 may refer to Chephirah (F. Buhl, "Geographie des Alten Palästina," p. 169).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Chephirah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/c/chephirah.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Chephirah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/c/chephirah.html. 1901.
