109. Parched Pulse

Parched Pulse (2 Samuel 17:28) The word pulse is found in Daniel 1:12; Daniel 1:16. It is very much cultivated in Palestine, and the whole plant being roasted, is sold in small bunches on the street as the peasants are very fond of it. It has a very large amount of concentrated nutriment, so that the Bedouin sometimes goes on a several days’ journey with only a handful of pulse in his scrip for food. When King David fled from Absalom to Mahanaim, the people gave him as a present, "parched corn, beans, lentils, and parched pulse" (2 Samuel 17:28).

Daniel 1:12 says, "Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink."

Pulse looks something like very large peas.