Solomon Within: Inner Justice
1 Kings 2:5-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
David recounts Joab's killings and instructs Solomon to act with wisdom; the passage calls for righteous judgment and accountability.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within you, the king sits as I AM, and every scene of Joab’s violence is a projection of a restless impulse you have not yet brought to order. Joab the son of Zeruiah becomes the aggressive thought that tears apart harmony—the 'blood of war in peace' is the guilt you carry when wounded by conflict yet pretend to peace. The two captains of the hosts—Abner and Amasa—stand for ideas or aspects of your life that led you into battle and then into remorse. When David says 'Do therefore according to thy wisdom,' he is not commanding a tyrant but inviting the inner ruler to align action with true self-knowledge. Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace translates to: do not let the old violent tendency, the stubborn memory of harm, continue unexamined. Use discernment to re-script the inner narrative, to acknowledge, release, and settle debts within your own consciousness. The justice is not punishment from without but the restoration of inner order; by choosing wisdom in imagination, you bring forth a transformed outward reality.
Practice This Now
Practice: close your eyes, assume the role of the wise king inside, revise the memory of Joab's deeds with the conviction that inner justice is settled. Feel the weight of aligned wisdom as you declare, 'Let the old violence end; I govern my life with discernment.'
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