Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 20:4-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 20 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

6And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

7But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

1 Chronicles 20:4-7

Biblical Context

Gezer and Gath witness a sequence of battles where each giant-foe is slain by a hero—Sippai, Lahmi, and a giant with many digits—ending in subdual.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theatre of your mind, the wars at Gezer and Gath symbolize states of consciousness clashing with fear and limitation. The giants—like Sippai, Lahmi, and the multi-digited foe—represent entrenched beliefs about your power and worth. When Jonathan, the righteous impulse within you, strikes the giant, the text points to the moment your awareness refuses the defiance of limitation. The repeated campaigns echo the daily practice of returning to the I AM, affirming that you are not a vessel of fear but a sovereign mind. Each victory is not external conquest but the rearrangement of inner dispositions: fear subdued, belief corrected, and perception aligned with a larger self. By imagining the defeat in advance—defying the 'giant' within—you actualize freedom in your present state. Your consciousness previously marched as a host of doubts; now you embody the conqueror who has already prevailed.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise a lingering fear by imagining you have already slain its power; affirm 'I am the I AM, king of my mind' and feel the victory until it becomes your present sense.