Soan
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Soan — (Vana-Egiptuse Sant= “tugipunkt,” tänapäeva San). Linn Niiluse Tanitilise haru ääres, mida kreeklased kutsusid Taniseks. See ehitati seitse aastat pärast Hebronit Palestiinas [Nm 13:22]. See suur ja tähtis linn oli hüksoslaste ehk karjakuningate pealinn, kes valitsesid Egiptust üle 500 aasta. See oli Gošeni piiripunkt. Siin pidas vaarao oma õukonda ajal, mil ta kohtus Moosese ja Aaroniga. “Soanist pole jälgegi; Tanis ehitati selle peale ja linn linna järel on ehitatud nende varemete peale” (Harper, Piibel ja moodne avastus). Ulatuslikud varemete künkad, mis tähistavad vana linna asukohta, on nüüd selle kohaks [Js 19:11 , 13; Js 30:4 ; Hs 30:14 ]. “Kogu see ala moodustab ühe maailma suurima ja vanima vareme.”
Seda linna kutsuti ka “Soani väljak” [Ps 78:12 , 43] ja “Ramsese linn” (vt), sest rõhuja ehitas selle uuesti üles ja kaunistas seda tõenäoliselt heebrealaste sunnitöö abil ning tegi sellest oma põhjapealinna.
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Zoan
(Old Egypt. Sant = "stronghold," the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greeks Tanis. It was built seven years after Hebron in Palestine (Num 13:22). This great and important city was the capital of the Hyksos, or Shepherd kings, who ruled Egypt for more than 500 years. It was the frontier town of Goshen. Here Pharaoh was holding his court at the time of his various interviews with Moses and Aaron. "No trace of Zoan exists; Tanis was built over it, and city after city has been built over the ruins of that" (Harper, Bible and Modern Discovery). Extensive mounds of ruins, the wreck of the ancient city, now mark its site (Isa 19:11; 19:13; 30:4; Ezek 30:14). "The whole constitutes one of the grandest and oldest ruins in the world."
This city was also called "the Field of Zoan" (Ps 78:12 ; 78:43) and "the Town of Rameses" (q.v.), because the oppressor rebuilt and embellished it, probably by the forced labour of the Hebrews, and made it his northern capital.
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