Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 5:18-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 5 in context

Scripture Focus

18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

21And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

22For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

1 Chronicles 5:18-22

Biblical Context

Warriors from Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh go to battle. They cry to God and trust Him, who delivers them and grants spoil, and they remain there until captivity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the army represents your states of consciousness—courage, readiness, and trust aligned in patience. The cry to God is not an appeal to a distant sky but a turning of attention to the I AM, the awareness that you are the one who decides what is real. When they cry in battle and are intreated, it is your inner yes that invites answer; belief that the I AM is inside you and responding to your resolve. The fact that they put their trust in Him is the essential movement: faith becomes your acting agent. Then the plunder is your inner riches—confidence, clarity, calm, and joy—that come as results of standing in the truth of your divine alignment. The line that the war was of God signals that victory arises not from external force but from aligning your mind with the divine order in you. As you refuse to entertain lack and remind yourself I AM is the power upon which all action depends, doors open, difficulties bow, and life yields its bounty. Your present scene shifts as you persist in this inner conviction.