Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 21:17-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 21 in context

Scripture Focus

17And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

1 Kings 21:17-19

Biblical Context

Elijah is told by the LORD to confront Ahab in Samaria about Naboth's vineyard and his murder. The message pronounces that, in the very place Naboth's blood was spilled, Ahab's blood will be spilled.

Neville's Inner Vision

This passage is a map for the inner life. The word of the LORD that comes to Elijah is the I AM within you speaking truth to your patterns. Ahab stands for a state of consciousness driven by possession and ego—attempting to own a vineyard that does not belong to it. Naboth's vineyard is the inner rightful state you must protect and nurture, a belief or truth you have previously allowed to be taken from you by force of will or fear. The prophecy of doom is not divine vengeance but a reminder that actions born from injustice return as natural consequence to the thinker. When you act from coercion, the inner doggedness of consequence laps up the old blood of your false claims. The remedy is to awaken to the LORD within, revise your stance, and align with justice through love. The entire scene becomes a calling to temper your desires with wisdom, so that your inner land is reclaimed by a just and harmonious awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise a current grievance by declaring a new inner decree from the I AM, aligning your awareness with justice and mercy, and feel this revised state as already real. Sit with the feeling until it becomes your immediate experience.