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The wild boar is considered as the parent stock of the common hog. He is a furious and formidable animal. The tusks are larger and stronger than in the tame herds, the color is iron-grey, inclining to black. His snout is long, and his ears are short. At present wild boars frequent the marshes around the upper Jordan, and have been found on Mount Carmel, and in large herds near the sea of Tiberias. They were frequent in the time of the Crusades. Richard Coeur de Lion encountered one, ran him through with a lace, and while the animal was still endeavoring to gore his horse, leaped over him, and slew him with his sword. The destructive ravages of the animal are referred to in Psalm 80:13 .
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These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Boar'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/b/boar.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Boar'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/b/boar.html. 1859.
