One of Gibeon's four cities (Joshua 9:17), afterward belonging to Benjamin (Joshua 18:26). The men of C. returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29). Now Kefir, on the W. of Benjamin, near Ajalon (Jalo).
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Chephirah' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.