Zoan
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| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | Tanis (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 30.977° N, 31.880° E |
| Mentioned in | 7 verses |
| First mention | Numbers 13:22 |
Zoan is a settlement named in 7 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tanis (high confidence).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Tanis | high (100%) | 30.977° N, 31.880° E |
Verses
Numbers
- Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
Psalms
- Psalm 78:12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Psalm 78:43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
- Isaiah 30:4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.