They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.

when He performed His miraculous signs in Egypt
and His wonders in the region of Zoan.

The princes of Zoan are complete fools;
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise,
a student of eastern kings”?

The princes of Zoan have been fools;
the princes of Memphis are deceived.
Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.

For though his princes are at Zoan
and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,

I will make Pathros desolate,
set fire to Zoan,
and execute judgments on Thebes.