Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 2:20-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 2 in context

Scripture Focus

20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

1 Kings 2:20-21

Biblical Context

Bathsheba approaches the king with a small petition to give Abishag in marriage to Adonijah, a move tied to succession. It shows how inner desires seek validation from the conscious ruler.

Neville's Inner Vision

Solomon's throne is not merely a seat in a palace; it is the state of consciousness you call to by a request that carries the weight of intention. Bathsheba's petition represents an inner movement: a desire that fuses a long-standing current (Adonijah's claim) with a nurturing possibility (Abishag) under the sovereignty of the I AM, your true awareness. When the king says, 'Ask on, my mother,' he embodies the receptive power of consciousness that does not deny but says yes to the imagined possibility. The petition is not a matter of external policy but an inner revision: you permit a new alignment to marry the existing energy of your life to a crown of greater authority. Abishag becomes a symbol of a safe, intimate energy—the warmth that sustains life—given to the next ruler. In Neville's terms, a petition, voiced in the stillness of awareness, shifts the inner climate so that the new state is no longer resisted by fear or doubt. The result manifests as a ripple in your inner kingdom, aligning your acting with the felt reality of the king within.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, assume the inner throne, and repeat the petition as your own: I desire this new state. Then revise fear and feel the king within accepting it as real.