Psalms 78:12

In the sight of their fathers he did wonders. Cp. Psalms 77:14.

in the field of Zoan Zoan, known to the Greeks as Tanis, was situated on the E. bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile. It was famous as the capital of the Hyksos dynasty, and was refounded by Ramses II, the Pharaoh of the oppression. It is described by Mr Petrie, who excavated it in 1883 4, as "a city which was only inferior to the other capitals Thebes and Memphis in the splendour of its sculptures." The phrase "field of Zoan" for the district in which it was situated has been found in an Egyptian inscription.

After this brief allusion to the plagues, of which he intends to speak in detail afterwards (43ff.), the Psalmist passes on at once to the Exodus and the journey through the wilderness.