Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 20:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 20 in context

Scripture Focus

1And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

2And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

3And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 20:1-3

Biblical Context

Plain sense: After the year ends, Joab leads the army to besiege Rabbah and defeats it; David stays at home, takes the crown from the Ammonite king, and the spoils are gathered before all return to Jerusalem.

Neville's Inner Vision

Inside your mind, Rabbah stands as a stubborn belief you have allowed to rule a portion of your life. The campaign is not a conquest of geography but a rearrangement of consciousness. Joab’s swift action is your decisive decision to move in imagination, cutting away the old patterns with the saws of disciplined attention and iron-like focus. The crown from the king of Ammon is the new sense of sovereign I AM that you place upon your head, a symbol of rightful authority realized here and now. The spoils are the riches of renewed perception, the awareness that you do not seek power from without but awaken it from within. David’s stay in Jerusalem suggests the old habit of waiting, but the true shift comes when you choose to rule from your inner capital. As you return to your life, you carry the integrated state of victory into daily experience. Remember: the city of Ammon and its kings are only beliefs, and you, as awareness, have the power to revise them by imagination until the kingdom of God stands unveiled in your presence.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the conqueror state now—close your eyes, place the crown of I AM on your head, and feel the authority of realization. Revise lingering doubt by cutting it away with disciplined attention until the inner kingdom stands realized.