CHORAZIN and BETHSAIDA. Towns in the neighbour hood of Capernaum (Mth. xi., 21; Lk. x., 13). Since the i8th century the former has been identified with a ruined site Khirbet Kerazeh about 2 M. N. of Tell Hum (Capernaum). Amongst the ruins are the remains of a synagogue built of black basalt. Scholars are divided as to whether one Bethsaida is to be sought or two. Those who favour one generally locate it east of the Jordan at Et-Tell or El-`Ardj (either site answering the description of Bethsaida-Julias of Josephus, Antiq. xviii. 2. I) or at Mas `adiyeh. Those who would look for a separate "Bethsaida of Galilee" (John xii., 21) have advocated variously Tell Hum, `Ain et-Ta bighah, Khirbet (Khan) Minyeh or `Ain et-Tineh. Now that Tell Hum has been identified with Capernaum, the identification of Khirbet Minyeh with Bethsaida is being urged.