CHEPHIRAH kĭ fī’ rə (כְּפִירָ֔ה). A city of the Gibeonites included in the treaty which they obtained from Israel by stealth (Josh 9:17). They were apparently Hivites (9:7). It was later included in the territory of Benjamin (18:26). Inhabitants of Chephirah were among those who returned from the Exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:25; Neh 7:29). The site is modern Khirbet el-Kefîreh, SW of el-Jîb (Gibeon) and almost two m. N of Qiryat el ’Inâb on the Jerusalem to Jaffa road.