* Marvellous.
42-50 105:27-38 135:9 Ex 7:1-12:51 De 4:34 6:22 Ne 9:10
* Zoan.
Zoan, the ancient capital of the Pharaohs, where Moses wrought
so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, {Tanium,} LXX.
[Tanis,] Vulgate, {Tanis,} and Coptic, {Tan(822c)} 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.
43 Ge 32:3 Nu 13:22 Isa 19:11,13 Eze 30:14
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