In the field, i.e. in the territory or jurisdiction, not excluding the city itself. In the like sense we read of the field of Edom, and of Moab, Genesis 32:3, Genesis 36:35 Numbers 21:20. Zoan; an ancient, and eminent, and the royal city of Egypt. See Numbers 13:22 Isaiah 19:11, Isaiah 30:4.
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Psalms 78:12
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.