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Zoan

צֹ֫עַן · tso.an · H6814“motion” Hitchcock's 18697 mentions in 4 books, most in Isaiah (3)

Where it is

RamesesRamesesGoshenGoshenTahpanhesTahpanhesPithomPithomSuccothSuccothPi-besethPi-besethZoanabout 148 km across

30.97° N, 31.88° E

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

Isaiah · 3Psalms · 2Numbers · 1Ezekiel · 1
Counted from 7 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Zoan was an ancient city of Egypt, mentioned in several contexts in the Bible. It was one of the cities built by the Israelites during their enslavement in Egypt (Num.13.22). The fields of Zoan were the site of God's miracles and mighty acts during the time of Moses (Psa.78.12,43). The princes of Zoan are described as fools, unable to give wise counsel to Pharaoh (Isa.19.11,13). Zoan is also mentioned as a place where the rebellious Israelites sent messengers, seeking help from Egypt rather than trusting in God (Isa.30.4). Ezekiel prophesied that Zoan would be in terror and face God's judgment (Ezk.30.14). Zoan is most likely to be identified with Tanis, an important city in the Nile Delta region of ancient Egypt. It served as a capital during the 21st and 22nd dynasties.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

7 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Numbers 1 mention

Numbers 13:22They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Psalms 2 mentions

Psalms 78:12He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.Psalms 78:43how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,

Isaiah 3 mentions

Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings”?Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, those who are the cornerstone of her tribes.Isaiah 30:4For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.

Ezekiel 1 mention

Ezekiel 30:14I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.

What the dictionary says

(Old Egypt.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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