Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 10:14-29 - 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.

22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

24And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

25And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

28And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

29And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

1 Kings 10:14-29

Biblical Context

Solomon's wealth and wisdom are shown as outward forms reflecting an inner kingdom. The door to abundance is the inner state you steward with awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Solomon's outward gold is but a mirror of the inward ruler you are becoming. The temple of gold, the ivory throne, the ships that ride the inner sea—these are images of a mind trained to dwell in abundance. In this account, God is the I AM, the living awareness in which all events arise. When you hear that kings of the earth sought Solomon's wisdom, hear it as a statement about your own inner kingdom: when you honor the wisdom already placed within, your outer circumstances arrange themselves to reflect that wisdom. The force that gathered gold, vessels, and cedar is the same force that gathers opportunities when your assumption holds: 'I am wealth; I am wisdom; I rule my world with discernment.' The line that silver was nothing and gold everything is a parable: value is measured by inner perception, not silver coins. The sea-voyage speaks of the movement of ideas and desires coming to you as you rest in the awareness of complete sufficiency. The implication is clear: you are Solomon in your own inner house, and your heart's decision is the anchor that calls abundance into form.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume you are already wealth and wisdom; feel the throne of inner authority and let gratitude move your decisions. Let that felt realization guide every outward choice today.