Solomon's Covenant and Remnant

1 Kings 11:11-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 11 in context

Scripture Focus

11Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
12Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
13Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1 Kings 11:11-13

Biblical Context

God declares that Solomon's breach will lead to the kingdom being torn away. However, for David's sake, not all is lost; one tribe will remain for his son.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the outer narrative becomes your inner weather. The 'kingdom' is your state of awareness—the alignment you keep with the commandments of your own I AM. Solomon's act of turning away from the covenant is the moment you assume an imagined possession that does not belong to your true self. The commandment not kept becomes a rule you have displaced from your inner law, and the consequence is a tearing of the kingdom—your wholeness split into fragments of fear, desire, and doubt. Yet the text promises mercy: in your days, not entirely will you lose; a remnant remains for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. In Neville's method, this means you can revise the feeling about your life: you can withdraw the allegiance from the fallible picture and affirm your one true king, the I AM, within. The 'servant' and the 'tribe' symbolize focused aspects of your consciousness that you select and cherish; you do not abandon all, but preserve a central city, your Jerusalem, as the seat of hopeful, chosen awareness.

Practice This Now

Impose a deliberate revision in your imagination: declare that your entire being remains loyal to the covenant within, and mentally preserve a single tribe of consciousness—your Jerusalem—as the ruling city of awareness.

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