Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 11:29-36 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 11 in context

Scripture Focus

29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:

30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

32(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

34Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

35But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.

36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

1 Kings 11:29-36

Biblical Context

In 1 Kings 11:29-36, Ahijah declares that the kingdom will be torn from Solomon and given to Jeroboam, with one tribe kept for David’s sake, because Israel forsook God and worshiped other gods.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your mind, Jeroboam’s field scene becomes a drama of your own consciousness. The rent garment signifies breaking your old self into distinct if provisional parts; the ten pieces are the ten outward channels through which life seems to unfold. God—your I AM—decides to empower a new kingship in you, giving ten tribes into your hands as new aspects of action, while a single tribe remains for the house and light of David—the inner principle that keeps Jerusalem, the center of awareness, bright. The cause is not punishment from without, but the inner turning from true worship to idols—attachments, fears, and identifications that block the law of your being. Yet the decree does not abandon the whole kingdom; the inner king remains to guide you as long as you live by my commandments. Thus the outer order reorganizes to reflect the inner alignment, and your consciousness gains a steadfast, enduring light.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of the inner king in you. Announce, 'I AM the I AM; I rend the old self and give power to the new inner government,' and dwell in that unity until it feels real.