Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 11:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

2Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

8And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

9And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

1 Kings 11:1-10

Biblical Context

Solomon's heart is drawn away by many wives and foreign idols, illustrating how outward attachments distract the inner life from the LORD. The text signals that inner fidelity determines the measure of one's alignment with God.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's sense, the 'Solomon' of the narrative is not a distant monarch but the state of consciousness you entertain—the belief that life is contingent upon many appearances rather than the one I AM. The 'strange wives' and 'gods' are symbols for diversions of attention, the voices that promise joy apart from the God within. When Solomon 'clave unto these in love,' he accepts a multiplicity of desires as rulers, and the inner kingdom splits into rival authorities. The moment the mind whispers that success, security, or pleasure comes from without, the heart ceases to be perfectly joined to the LORD God of Israel who appeared unto him. Yet God is not external; He is your I AM, the awareness that stands behind every thought and feeling. The true renovation is interior: awaken to the one Reality and revise every competing allegiance by assuming the posture of the I AM sovereign in your heart. As you persist, the apparent anchors of fear and appetite dissolve into the light of conscious unity.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Choose one lure that tempts your attention and revise it by surrendering it to the I AM as its sole authority. Then feel-it-real: the I AM reigning in your heart, dissolving all competing gods.