Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Samuel 14:20 (New Living Translation)

He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!

A woman says this to King David after she has pretended to be someone else with a story of woe. Her acting and her story work. David relents.

Yet, David eventually sees through the act and calls the woman to account. She admits what she has done. She has told David his own tale of woe, but in a  different light.

This is an example of:

• Teaching adults
• A parable
• A play that illustrates how art imitates life
• God working through the unexpected

The woman is a masterful actress. Someone is a masterful writer—probably the woman.

Who advises the King? An actress and a playwright, and we don’t know her name.