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1 Kings 11:16-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 11 in context

Scripture Focus

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.
1 Kings 11:16-17

Biblical Context

Joab remains six months to purge Edom, while Hadad the child flees with Edomites to Egypt.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your inner kingdom, Joab is the disciplined governor of belief, cleansing Edom—the stubborn patterns of fear, judgment, and separation that have held sway. The six months signify a season of inward purging, a quiet ruling where old ideas are allowed to die without resistance. Hadad’s flight to Egypt, a child seeking safety in a familiar land, stands for a rising impulse born from insecurity, a longing for escape that natural desire to be elsewhere. Egypt here is not a place but a state of memory and habit—the mind's retreat when threat seems real. The true king is the I AM, the awareness that stands behind both conquest and retreat. When you realize you are not bound to external events but to your inner response, you discover you can choose reintegration: refuse to flee into the old pattern; invite the new impulse to rule with mercy, clarity, and resolve; crown yourself sovereign over your inner land, rather than a puppet of circumstance.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe, and declare, 'I am the I AM, sovereign of my inner land; I govern fear and longing with awareness.' Then revise Hadad as the inner impulse redirected toward constructive purpose, and feel the feeling of crowned authority now.

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