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Partridge

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

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(squatting). Three varieties found in Palestine. Their flesh and eggs esteemed as food (1 Sam. 26:20²⁰Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. (1 Samuel 26:20); Jer. 17:11¹¹As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jeremiah 17:11)).

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