What or where is Zoan? Psalm 78:12 KJV
Psalms 78:12 “Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.”
Psalms 78:1 - 72
ESV - 1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old.
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Asked August 20 2022
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Jack Gutknecht
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Tim Maas
By my understanding, Zoan (the name of which comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "stronghold") was a city on one of the branches of the Nile. (The Greeks called the city "Tanis", and it was also known as "Goshen", which was the area assigned to the descendants of Joseph and the rest of his extended family (the Israelites) following their migration to Egypt.) It was built seven years after the city of Hebron in Palestine (Numbers 13:22). It was the capital of Egypt under the Hyksos (shepherd kings), who ruled Egypt for more than 500 years. No trace of the original city remains, although many subsequent cities were built on its ruins.
Jack Gutknecht
"Zoan was a city in Egypt (Numbers 13:22) -- Numbers 13:22 (ESV) says, '”They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt)' -- where God did miracles leading to Israel's release from slavery (compare Psalm 136:13) -- 'He split the [Red] Sea and they walked right through it; he piled the waters to the right and the left.'" --QSB (Quest Study Bible)
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