Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 20:13-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 20 in context

Scripture Focus

13And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

14And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

15Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

1 Kings 20:13-15

Biblical Context

An unnamed prophet tells King Ahab that God will deliver the great host into Israel’s hand today, so they will know the LORD. The battle is ordered by the king using the young men of the provinces, and the total Israelite force is seven thousand.

Neville's Inner Vision

Hear the story as a mirror of your own consciousness. The 'great multitude' is the vast field of thoughts and images that seem to stand before you. When the prophet says, 'I will deliver it into thine hand this day,' he is revealing that the moment you align with your inner I AM, the outcome is already present in possibility and sensation. The LORD is not a distant entity but the I AM within—your steady awareness that can name, declare, and thus summon. The line about the 'young men of the princes of the provinces' points to your disciplined faculties—will, imagination, memory, perception—acting as the instruments through which your assumption is made real. When the question arises, 'Who shall order the battle?' the answer is 'Thou'—you, as the living I AM, command the inner army. The numbers (232, then 7,000) symbolize the growing alignment of your inner world as you consent to the assumption. Trust this inside, and you will know the LORD within by the tangible deliverance you experience today.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, identify your inner faculties as the 232 and the seven thousand, and declare with feeling, 'I deliver this into my hand today.' Then vividly imagine the battle being ordered by your inner king and the outcome already realized in your world.