Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 2:3-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 2 in context

Scripture Focus

3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

4And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

7And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

1 Chronicles 2:3-7

Biblical Context

1 Chronicles 2:3-7 lists Judah's sons—Er, Onan, Shelah—along with Tamar's offspring and the later mention of Achar, framing a lineage marked by moral failure and accountability. It hints that holiness requires separation from wrong desires and the discipline of righteous inner states.

Neville's Inner Vision

The verses describe Judah's line not as history but as inner states of consciousness in you. Er, the firstborn, represents a willful power acting from fear; his being evil in the sight of the LORD signals a misalignment with the I AM. When such a state asserts itself, its energy meets consequence, and the death of Er marks a cleansing by awareness. Tamar, though a daughter-in-law, bears Pharez and Zerah—the seeds born from the tension between impulse and divine order. Pharez and Zerah embody the outcomes born of choice within your consciousness, revealing how desire moves within holy law and creates new beginnings. The other sons—Hezron, Hamul, Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, Dara—show the manifold inner dispositions that fill your inner kingdom, while Achar, the troubler of Israel, exposes what happens when holiness is forgotten. In present practice, audit these moves, consecrate what serves love, and allow the I AM to reign. Your inner kingdom is restored by disciplined revision and faithful alignment.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the I AM reigning in your inner house; revise the scene by declaring, 'Only holy states remain; I am aligned with the I AM now,' and feel that certainty sink into your chest.