Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 20:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 20 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

4And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

1 Chronicles 20:3-4

Biblical Context

David clears the Ammonite cities and later faces Philistine conflict. The passage ends with David and the people returning to Jerusalem.

Neville's Inner Vision

Scripture is not a record of external events, but a map of the soul's states. The 'cities of Ammon' are compartments of your mind inhabited by fear and the impulse to dominate. The 'cutting with saws' and 'harrows of iron' are images of radical mental clearing—clearing through imagination, not by force. When you 'return to Jerusalem,' you return to the state of alignment with the I AM, the undeniable awareness that you are the I AM. The later war with Philistines and the 'giant' Sippai slain by Sibbechai symbolize overcoming stubborn giant beliefs—long-held identities you once thought you could not release. The phrase 'they were subdued' is the inner victory of a mind that has chosen sovereignty. The whole scene invites you to realize that outer conditions echo inner states. By insisting in imagination that you are already the conqueror—of fear, limitation, and outdated scripts—you bring conditions into alignment with your consciousness, and the outward world follows, naturally.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of having cleared every inner city: 'I AM the conqueror within, and I return to Jerusalem now.' Feel that truth in your chest, and carry it into your next action.