Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 11:10-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

10These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

11And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

13He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

14And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

15Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

18And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.

25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Biblical Context

The passage lists David's chief warriors and their acts of courage, loyalty, and faith, showing how they strengthened Israel and aided David's kingship. It also includes the famous moment when three risked their lives to fetch water, and David's reverent response.

Neville's Inner Vision

These mighty men are not distant heroes; they are states of consciousness within you, waking when you align with the I AM. David, the king in you, is the awareness that can stand with his kingdom when the heart is centered in God. The feats—faithful lifting of the spear, bold defense of ground, the daring water-quest—represent the disciplined acts of your inner faculties: faith, courage, loyalty, and discernment, breaking through fear to keep your life and purpose intact. When the Philistines gather, your attention narrows to a field of barley; you see the noise as suggestion, not reality, and the Lord saves by a great deliverance because you stand in alignment. The water from Bethlehem is the symbol of your living water; you do not drink of it until your inner law has gazed upon it and blessed it. The reverent vanishing of the gift shows that true power rests in the I AM, not in possession. Trust this inner order, and victory becomes your natural state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In a quiet moment, assume you already wear the kingship of your inner world. Call forth three faculties—courage, loyalty, and discernment—that bring your desire to you, and, like David, pour your gratitude to the I AM as the living water is received within.