PULPIT COMMENTARY: Verse 21. - Woe unto thee, Chorazin. Formerly Kerazeh, two miles from the Northwest bank of the Sea of Galilee, southeast of Safad, On the Road to Tyre from Capernaum (Furrer, Wanderungen, p. 370).
GILL'S EXPOSITION OF THE ENTIRE BIBLE: the word "Chorasin", signifying "woody places" or "the secret; here is a mystery"
"Jewish writings say its Wheat was of exceptional quality. Black Basalt Stone is indigenous to the area."
From the Talmud and Hebraica — John Lightfoot: The word Chorashin, denotes woody places, both in the Holy Bible and in the Rabbinical writings. Hence we suppose the Chorazin that is now before us is called, namely, because it was seated in some woody place. For such places the land of Nephthali was famous above the other tribes: to which the words of Jacob have regard, "Nephthali is a hind let loose," Genesis 49; that is, Nephthali shall abound with venison; as Asher (of whom mention is made in the words going before) shall abound in bread, and royal dishes. Those words also of the Talmudists refer to this, "It is lawful for cattle to feed in common, in the woods, yea, for the tribe of Judah [to feed] in the tribe of Nephthali." Hence 'Harosheth of the Gentiles' hath its name, Judges 4:2, which was in that tribe.
JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY: its western shores are in the possession of Naphtali
WIKIPEDIA: It was depopulated on May 4, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion in Operation Yiftach.
