Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 10:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 10 in context

Scripture Focus

1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

3And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

5And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

6And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

7Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

9Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

12And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

13And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

1 Kings 10:1-13

Biblical Context

The Queen of Sheba comes to test Solomon's wisdom and to verify the truth of his fame. What she discovers is that wisdom and order in the outer realm reflect an inner, divine structure.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your reading of the Queen of Sheba's visit invites you to see it as a movement of mind. The queen comes to Solomon, the inner king, to test the truth of the LORD name, the awareness within you. Solomon's answers, that nothing is hid from the king, portray the clear, nonresistant knowing which arises when imagination aligns with divine order. The visible riches, the house, the table, the servants, the ascent to the house of the LORD, are the outward signs of an interior kingdom that is already established in your mind. When she says the half was not told, you hear that truth expands the moment you refuse to doubt; the more you behold this inner sovereignty, the more evidence accumulates. The blessing of the LORD upon the king points to the source within you that loves justice and sets you on your throne, supplying your life with abundance. Your practice: assume you are already in possession of this royal status, revise any sense of lack, and feel it real now as you let your imagination demonstrate the reality of this inner kingdom.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the royal posture; feel the throne beneath you and say I am the I AM in this moment. Revise any sense of lack until you feel it done.