Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 19:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 19 in context

Scripture Focus

2And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

4Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

5Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

1 Chronicles 19:2-5

Biblical Context

David shows kindness to Hanun because of a past kindness; the Ammonite leaders misread it, and David's messengers are shamed, prompting a pause.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage, the scene is a map of consciousness. David’s decision to extend kindness arises from the I AM—the inner ruler who remembers past favors and refuses to let fear govern action. Hanun’s princes reflect the habit of suspicion, the inner voices that question benevolence as weakness and conspirator force. When David’s messengers come to comfort, the event becomes an inner movement: your present state attempts to bless a neighbor in need. The insult to the messengers represents the resistance of old beliefs to new forms of mercy. The instruction to tarry at Jericho until beards are grown is a counsel of time: allow the inner state of mercy to mature, letting perception shift before action resumes. If you identify with David, your world will respond to your mercy; if you identify with Hanun’s fear, events will mirror your inner defense. The lesson: mercy is not a tactic but a state you cultivate, and the outer scene rearranges itself as the inner I AM grows in fidelity to love.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM as the merciful power; picture sending comfort to a difficult person and feel the relief as your inner state shifts. Then stay with that feeling until the outer scene adapts to your mercy.