- Zoan:
- Zoan, the ancient capital of the Pharaohs, where Moses wrought so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, Tanium, LXX Τανις, Vulgate, Tanis, and Coptic, Tane, from the Coptic, ten, plain, flat, level; being situated in the low ground of the Delta, on one of the eastern branches of the Nile, bearing its own name, near a large lake, now called the lake of Menzala, 44 miles west of Pelusium, and 169 miles east of Alexandria, according to the Antonine Itinerary, and three miles from the Mediterranean, according to the Geograph. Nubiens. Clim. 3, par. 3. There are ruins still remaining to mark the site of Zoan, or Tanis, called San by the Arabs; comprising broken obelisks, capitals of the Corinthian order, a granite monument, etc. "How¹ he had wroughtª° his signsª in Egypt,ª and his wondersª in the fieldª of Zoan:ª" {Psa 78:43} + "And Jacobª sentª° messengersª before¹ him² to¹ Esauª his brotherª unto the landª of Seir,ª the countryª of Edom.ª" {Gen 32:3} + "And they ascendedª° by the south,ª and cameª° unto¹ Hebron;ª where¹ Ahiman,ª Sheshai,ª and Talmai,ª the childrenª of Anak,ª [were]. (Now Hebronª was builtª° sevenª yearsª beforeª Zoanª in Egypt.)ª" {Num 13:22} + "Surely¹ the princesª of Zoanª [are] fools,ª the counselª of the wiseª counsellorsª° of Pharaohª is become brutish:ª° how¹ sayª° ye unto¹ Pharaoh,ª I¹ [am] the sonª of the wise,ª the sonª of ancientª kings?ª" {Isa 19:11} + "The princesª of Zoanª are become fools,ª° the princesª of Nophª are deceived;ª° they have also seducedª°¹ Egypt,ª [even they that are] the stayª of the tribesª thereof." {Isa 19:13} + "And I will make Pathros² desolate,ª°¹¹ and will setª° fireª in Zoan,ª and will executeª° judgmentsª in No.ª" {Ezk 30:14}
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