Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 10:14-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 10 in context

Scripture Focus

14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

15Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

16And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

18Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

19The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

20And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

21And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

1 Kings 10:14-21

Biblical Context

Solomon receives an immense yearly stream of gold and creates lavish regalia—the throne, shields, vessels—signifying his vast outward wealth and royal grandeur.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the text speaks of gold not as treasure sought by toil, but as the natural expression of a state of consciousness already established within: I am wealth, abundance, and order. The weight of gold that comes to Solomon, the ivory throne overlaid with gold, the lions and the six steps—these are inner images of a mind that believes itself supported, seen, and supplied by the All. In Neville’s understanding, the outer is never first; the inner observer is. The king’s regalia mirrors the inner kingdom you awaken in imagination: when you accept that you are the I AM, the world reflects back your assumed state. The day without silver, where silver is not counted, speaks of value being measured by consciousness, not coin; what counts is the gold of thoughts, the throne of confident being, the housing of perception in Lebanon’s cedar-like clarity. Practically, you revise lack by allowing wealth to stand where you stand—as your present condition. You imagine yourself crowned, distributing abundance, and feeling the reality of plenty as your daily baseline.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state: I AM abundance. See yourself seated on the ivory throne of confident being, and let the gold-like thoughts flow until the sense of lack vanishes.