And they went up by the south and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

He did great works before the eyes of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

How he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan;

They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: their counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

The princes of Zoan are become foolish, the princes of Noph are deceived; and the corner-stones of its tribes have caused Egypt to err.

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.