Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 14:21-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 14 in context

Scripture Focus

21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

22And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:21-23

Biblical Context

Rehoboam's rule in Judah sees the people fall into idolatry, building high places and images, signaling a drift from true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the kingdom is always one. The verse presents your inner state as a mirror: Rehoboam's high places correspond to mental altars raised when you forget the I AM at the center. The 'images' and 'groves' are pictures of attachment—desires, fears, and opinions—that pull consciousness away from the single throne. The Lord’s jealousy is the call to unity of awareness, the demand that your mind be governed by the one ruler you actually are. To live in covenant loyalty is to rely on the I AM rather than externalities; Jerusalem becomes the moment of pure awareness, a temple rebuilt in the space of attention. Rather than fighting outward conditions, revise your inner state: affirm that you are the LORD, and that your mind’s city is ruled by the I AM. When you align, idols lose their grip and the inner temple grows bright, quiet, and single-hearted.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM is the sole ruler of this mind, and revise one idol by watching its altar dissolve as your attention settles on the unity of consciousness.