Zoan
Americannoun
noun
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Southern Egypt first recovered its independence, then Memphis fell, and finally the Hyksos conquerors were driven out of Zoan, their capital, and confined to the fortress of Avaris, on the confines of Asia.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The princes of Judah assembled at Zoan; the ambassadors went farther, even to Hanes.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Protected by the marshes which surrounded it, Zoan, the modern Sân, lay on the eastern side of the Delta at no great distance from the frontier of Asia and the great Hyksos fortress of Avaris.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
It lay to the south of Zoan, on the banks of a canal whose course is now marked by the Freshwater Canal of Lesseps.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
For the same God was in Jamaica and in Florida as in the field of Zoan.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick
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