Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 11:11-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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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.

14And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

15For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

16(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

17That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.

18And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.

19And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

20And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.

21And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

22Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

23And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

24And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

1 Kings 11:11-24

Biblical Context

Solomon is told that because he broke the covenant, the kingdom will be taken from him, not all at once, with one tribe kept for David’s sake. The text presents adversaries as inner movements that arise when fidelity to the inner law wanes.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene the kingdom is your inner landscape. When you stray from the covenant of the I AM, a portion of your dominion is handed over to dissonant thoughts and images—Hadad and Rezon as inner movements rather than external enemies. Yet this withdrawal serves a purpose: it awakens you to a higher state and a refined self-structure. One tribe remains, the seed of David, kept at the center of awareness where Jerusalem—the holy I AM—resides. The message is that your true power lies in alignment with inner law; when you remember and reaffirm the covenant in you, the adversaries fade and the whole kingdom returns renewed, more coherent, and empowered by faithfulness.

Practice This Now

Assume the state I AM now; feel the inner kingdom as fully held by you. Rest in this present covenant, and watch the apparent disturbances recede as you revise thoughts back to alignment.