And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-je'arim.
Chephirah, х Kªpiyraah (H3716)] - the village, perhaps because it was the smallest in the tetrapolis (cf. Joshua 18:26; Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29). It is identified with Kefir (Robinsons 'Biblical Researches,' vol. 3:, p. 146).
Beeroth (2 Samuel 4:2) - now El-Bireh, about twenty minutes distance from El-Jib (Gibeon). Eusebius says that Beeroth was situated on the road to Nicopolis ('Amwas); while Jerome describes it as on the way to Neapolis (Nablous). Reland ('Palaestina,' p. 618) adopts the view of the latter. It was the most easterly of the four cities; and, though inferior to Gibeon, must have been a place of considerable magnitude and importance. It is now a small village, bearing the name of Bireh, or El-Bireh, 'the well,' situated on the slope of a rocky ridge (Joshua 18:21; Joshua 18:25) (Bonar's 'Land Promise').
Kirjath-jearim - `the city of forests,' now Kuryet-el-Enab (Robinson).