Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 7:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 7 in context

Scripture Focus

8And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

9And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

1 Chronicles 7:8-9

Biblical Context

The verse lists Becher's sons and records their number as mighty men, grouped by generation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Becher's line, in this light, is not a genealogical catalog but an inner map. The 'sons' are not external offspring but facets of your I AM—your thoughts, feelings, faculties—rising in orderly procession within the mind. The 'count' is the measuring of your states of consciousness, the magnitude of the inner army you believe you possess. When you acknowledge that you are the head of this house, you align your outer life with the vitality you affirm in awareness. To the one who dwells in lack, the number twenty thousand and two hundred appears as a symbol: abundance, order, and unified action. The moment you realize that you can revise any sense of deficiency by assuming a larger, more harmonious inner line, your outer conditions follow. Your dignity, your unity with life, your capacity to act lovingly in community—these are the ‘mighty men of valour’ within, waiting to be summoned by imagination. So all you witness in the world is but a reflection of your inner state, and imagination creates reality when you dwell in the I AM.

Practice This Now

Act now: sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the posture of the head of Becher’s house within you. Silently say, 'I am the mighty man of valor in my house,' and picture the inner sons lining up as your faculties. Feel their unity and abundance as a tangible presence here and now.