Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 8:1-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

4And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

5And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

6And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

7And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.

8And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

10And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.

11And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

13Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

14And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

15And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

16And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;

17And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

18Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

19And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

20And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

21And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

22And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,

23And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

24And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

25And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

26And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

27And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

28These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 8:1-28

Biblical Context

The passage catalogs Benjamin's lineage and the heads of many families who settled in Jerusalem.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the inner theater of consciousness, the genealogies are not dead names but living states of mind. The Benjamin line and its heads symbolize distinct faculties—memory, loyalty, discernment, courage—that settle and govern your inner territory. The movement away from Geba toward Manahath and the note that these men were removed shows how imagination redirects the centers of your life, rearranging habitual patterns. 'These were heads of the fathers' signals the governing beliefs that shape your daily experience; the Jerusalem they dwelt in stands for settled awareness you inhabit when your inner state is aligned with the I AM. God is not a distant event but the I AM within you, the awareness that orders thoughts into form. When you claim you are the head of your inner line, you claim sovereignty within, and reality follows that inner alignment. Your outward world reflects the state you entertain inside; renew that state and the outer scene will rearrange itself to reflect it, here and now.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of being the head of your inner lineage; feel Jerusalem established within, and softly repeat I AM until that sovereign state becomes your immediate experience.